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Our Life | Наше життя February | Лютий 2021 13 by the works of the world-famous Ukrainian sculptor Alexander Archipenko, by then living in the US). The UNWLA purchased 600 folk art items from Ukraine at a cost of $2,225. The items evoked a great deal of interest, admiration, and praise from the almost 2 million people who visited the Ukrainian pavilion during the World’s Fair. When the pavilion closed, the folk art collection was shipped to the UNWLA’s headquarters in Manhat - tan. Over the next 43 years, the collection served the Ukrainian American community as a source of material for exhibitions, education, study, and information about Ukrainian culture and folk art, with the UNWLA pur - chasing additional items as deemed necessary. When the UNWLA founded the Museum in 1976, these arti - facts formed the nucleus of its collection. In 2005, when the Museum moved into its new, state- of-the-art facility, its two inaugural exhibitions pre - sented the works of Alexander Archipenko and fea - tured the folk art collection purchased and developed by the UNWLA. Building on that initial foundation of 600 artifacts, the Museum has continuously expanded and enriched its folk art collection through both dona - tions and purchases, and the collection has grown to include some 8,000 items. At the same time, the Mu - seum has widened its scope, establishing important collections of fine art (2,500 items) and archival mate - rial (33,000 items). The modest investment made by the UNWLA in 1933 has truly yielded a rich harvest. The images on these two pages are from the exhibi - tion Thread to the Past: Ukrainian Folk Art from the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair , which celebrated the Mu - seum’s 30th anniversary. The exhibition was curated by long-time UNWLA member Lubow Wolynetz, the Museum’s curator of folk art, and sponsored by the UNWLA’s National Board and Regional Councils. Baklaha (flask) Hutsul region, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, western Ukraine, 1920s H.7 ½ in. (19 cm) 72.22.1 Postcard depicting the Ukrainian pavilion Managed by Dr. Mary Beck, the pavilion was the only one at the World’s Fair not built with the finan - cial support of an independent national government; instead, it was fully funded by the Ukrainian people. Photo: Archives of The Ukrainian Museum, New York Woman’s Shirt Bukovyna, Chernivtsi oblast, southwestern Ukraine, early 20th century 72.54.2 Woman’s Shirt Stari Kuty, Hutsul region, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, western Ukraine, late 19th century 72.54.15 Plakhta (woman’s wrap-around skirt) Poltava oblast, eastern Ukraine, late 19th century 72.52.6 Candelabra Pistyn, Hutsul region, Ivano- Frankivsk oblast, western Ukraine, 1910s–1930s Signed “Kazimierz Wozniak, Pistyn” H. 15 in. (38.1 cm) 72.14.33
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