Sketch of the Mosaic Panel 'Friendship' for the Exterior Decoration of the Administrative Building of the Ternopil Cotton Mill 1974

Valerii Lamakh's 1974 sketch "Sketch of the Mosaic Panel 'Friendship' for the Exterior Decoration of the Administrative Building of the Ternopil Cotton Mill" depicts two women symbolizing the textile industry. One woman holds a bundle of cotton, while the other rolls a length of fabric. The hammer and sickle, a symbol of Soviet Communism, appears in the upper right corner, signifying the work's intended social context. The sketch serves as a design for a mosaic panel intended for the exterior decoration of a building. This sketch demonstrates Lamakh's artistic style, known for its simplified forms and bold colors, characteristic of the Soviet Realist movement.