Illustration from "Borislav is Laughing", Ivan Franko, 1881
1969
Ref. # 139-730
gouache on paper
8x8 cm
1969
gouache on paper
8x8 cm
Ivan Yakovych Franko (1856-1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, ethnographer, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language
His novel "Borislav Is Laughing", together with "Boa-Constrictor" and a number of short stories, describes the development of the oil industry in the Borislav region
Ref. # 139-730