Crossing the River Zbrucz, from the series, “Red Calvary,” tempera on board, 35 x 28 inches, 1967

Crossing the River Zbrucz, from the series, “Red Calvary,” tempera on board, 35 x 28 inches, 1967

My First Goose, from the series, “Red Calvary,” tempera on board, 24 x 20 inches, 1967

My First Goose, from the series, “Red Calvary,” tempera on board, 24 x 20 inches, 1967

The Rabbi, from the series, “Red Calvary,” tempera on board, 31 x 24 inches, 1967

The Rabbi, from the series, “Red Calvary,” tempera on board, 31 x 24 inches, 1967

The Cemetery in Kozin, from the series, “Red Calvary,” tempera on board, 33 x 25 inches, 1967

The Cemetery in Kozin, from the series, “Red Calvary,” tempera on board, 33 x 25 inches, 1967

Pshonka (Maize), from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on board, 30 x 26 inches, 1969

Pshonka (Maize), from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on board, 30 x 26 inches, 1969

Early Morning, from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on canvas, 35 x 28 inches, 1969 - 1978

Early Morning, from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on canvas, 35 x 28 inches, 1969 - 1978

My Parents are Sleeping, from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on board, 35 x 28 inches, 1969 - 1978

My Parents are Sleeping, from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on board, 35 x 28 inches, 1969 - 1978

An Accident on the Rails, from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on canvas, 39 x 35 inches, 1969 - 1978

An Accident on the Rails, from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on canvas, 39 x 35 inches, 1969 - 1978

I am Siomya Alibaster, Tonight’s Emcee, from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on canvas, 39 x 35 inches, 1969 - 1978

I am Siomya Alibaster, Tonight’s Emcee, from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on canvas, 39 x 35 inches, 1969 - 1978

Springtime (on Otrada’s Datcha), from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on canvas, 39 x 35 inches, 1969 - 1978

Springtime (on Otrada’s Datcha), from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on canvas, 39 x 35 inches, 1969 - 1978

We Were Wrapping Candies, from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on canvas, 39 x 35 inches, 1969 - 1978

We Were Wrapping Candies, from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on canvas, 39 x 35 inches, 1969 - 1978

The Flea Market, from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on canvas, 39 x 35 inches, 1969 - 1978

The Flea Market, from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on canvas, 39 x 35 inches, 1969 - 1978

The Hair Salon, from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on canvas, 39 x 35 inches, 1969 - 1978

The Hair Salon, from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on canvas, 39 x 35 inches, 1969 - 1978

Who Will Win?, from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on canvas, 39 x 35 inches, 1969 - 1978

Who Will Win?, from the series, “Odessa of my Youth,” tempera on canvas, 39 x 35 inches, 1969 - 1978

At Christmas, from the series, “The Lyublin Cemetery,” tempera on canvas, 35 x 28 inches, 1978 - 1981

At Christmas, from the series, “The Lyublin Cemetery,” tempera on canvas, 35 x 28 inches, 1978 - 1981

The Burial Ground (for Germans), from the series, “The Lyublin Cemetery,” tempera on canvas, 39 x 31 inches, 1969 - 1978

The Burial Ground (for Germans), from the series, “The Lyublin Cemetery,” tempera on canvas, 39 x 31 inches, 1969 - 1978

I’ve Returned to My Homeland, from the series, “The Lyublin Cemetery,” tempera on canvas, 39 x 35 inches, 1978 - 1981

I’ve Returned to My Homeland, from the series, “The Lyublin Cemetery,” tempera on canvas, 39 x 35 inches, 1978 - 1981