i was very much impressed by the visual impact of the revolution. all the great marches through the nevsky prospect [in st. petersburg, russia] with red banners, gigantic red banners.
—alexander liberman on his earliest childhood memories in an interview with the bomb magazine.

Orb XIV painting by Alexander Liberman, 1967. Oil on canvas, 60 × 45 inches. © Alexander Liberman Estate. Courtesy of Vallarino Fine Art.