In 1946, the Darwin Museum organized the exhibition “Origins of Our Domesticated Animals” at the “Children’s village” of Sokolniki Park. Vadim Trofimov performed 14 oil paintings on cardboard for the display depicting a wild ancestor and contemporary domesticated animal: “A wild cat” and “A domestic cat”; “A wolf” and “A domesticated dog”; “A boar” and “A domestic swine”; “A wild sheep” and “A domesticated sheep”; “A bezoar goat” and “A goat with kids”; “A wild goat” and “A domesticated goat”; “A Przevalsky’s horse” and “A domesticated horse.”
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