Artwork
Războiul. Din ciclul „Satul”
Războiul. Din ciclul „Satul” is a drawing by Vasile Socoliuc. It dates from 1950 and is held in the collection of the Gavrila Simion Eco-Museum Research Institute Tulcea. Războiul.
About this work
Overview
Războiul. Din ciclul „Satul” is a work attributed to Romanian artist Vasile Socoliuc, dated to around 1950. The piece is part of the collection of the Museum of Ethnography and is catalogued under the title that suggests it belongs to a series called “Satul” (The Village).
Technique & Style
The object consists of a light‑beige sheet of paper that appears largely blank, bearing only faint pencil traces. In the upper left corner a brief handwritten note in Romanian can be read, and near the centre the numeral “34” is lightly circled. The sheet’s margins are worn, and a small fragment of paper is affixed to the lower‑right edge.
Subject & Meaning
The title, translating as “War” from the “Village” cycle, indicates the intended subject, though the visual content is absent. The work likely functioned as a preparatory sketch or a placeholder for a larger composition that was never completed or has been lost.
History & Provenance
The item entered the Museum of Ethnography’s holdings as part of its mid‑20th‑century Romanian collection. No further documentation of ownership changes or exhibition history is recorded beyond its current cataloguing.
Artist & collection
Artist
Vasile Socoliuc left behind stark black-and-white drawings that feel like windows into 19th-century village life.
Museum
Gavrila Simion Eco-Museum Research Institute Tulcea
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