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Heorhii Narbut Sketch for the Great Coat of Arms of the Ukrainian National Republic, 1917 Paper, graphite pencil 4 ⅞ x 4 ⅜ in. (12.5 x 11.2 cm) National Art Museum of Ukraine. From the catalogue to the exhibition Full Circle The sketch features an octagonal shield divided into four fields that contain the historical coats of arms of Kyiv (bow and arrows or a crossbow), Galicia (a lion rampant on a rock), the Zaporozhian Cossack Host (a Cossack bearing a musket), and, possibly, Sivershchyna, a historical area in north-central Ukraine (a town wall). A small shield with a trident on it is in the center. Standing on either side are a Ukrainian farmer and worker, holding their tools. Narbut would later use this sketch of the worker figure in his design for the 100- hryvnia note – one of the artist’s best graphic works. Heorhii Narbut Sketch for the Coat of Arms of the Ukrainian National Republic, 1917, featuring an early representation of the trident ( tryzub ) Paper, graphite pencil 4 ⅜ x 4 ⅞ in. (11.2 x 12.5 cm) National Art Museum of Ukraine. From the catalogue to the exhibition Full Circle These two sketches were prepared for the November 1917 meeting of the committee developing the national coat of arms, presided over by Mykhailo Hrushevsky. These earliest preparatory sketches for the future state emblem of Ukraine paved the way for the proclamation of the Ukrainian National Republic. Heorhii Narbut Coat of Arms of Ukraine, 1918 Paper; gouache, gilding 13 x 8 ⅝ in. (33 x 22 cm); carton 18 ⅓ x 13 ¼ in. (46.5 x 33.7 cm) National Art Museum of Ukraine. From the catalogue to the exhibition Full Circle The Ukrainian heraldic tradition attributes this version of the coat of arms to the Ukrainian State of Hetman Skoropadsky. Although its official adoption was interrupted by an abrupt government overhaul, this coat of arms was used on Ukrainian State 25-, 100-, and 1,000- karbovanets banknotes. The composition is dominated by a Cossack with a musket – homage to the heraldic heritage of the Zaporozhian Cossack Host (16th–18th centuries), of which Narbut was a devoted student and admirer. Heorhii Narbut Ukraine’s first banknote, with the denomination (100 karbovantsi ) printed in Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, and Yiddish, December 24, 1917 Paper; print 4 x 6 ¼ in. (10.2 x 15.9 cm) Collection of Vasyl Yablonsky. From the catalogue to the exhibition Full Circle Narbut was just 31 when he designed this first Ukrainian banknote using Ukrainian Baroque stylistic elements. The inclusion of text in four languages was an affirmation of the Ukrainian National Republic’s policy of equal treatment of the country’s ethnic minorities, which constituted one-quarter of its population. Heorhii Narbut 40- shah postage stamp with a portrait of Hetman Petro Doroshenko, 1918 Paper; watercolor 5 x 5 in. (13 x 13 cm) National Art Museum of Ukraine. From the catalogue to the exhibition Full Circle Hetman Petro Doroshenko (1627–1698) was a prominent ruler of the Ukrainian Hetmanate in the latter half of the 17th century. Narbut may have chosen the motif because of his friendship with the hetman’s descendant Dmytro Doroshenko, foreign minister of the Ukrainian State in 1918. Our Life | Наше життя December | Грудень 2020 13
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