Sea
ID:
1661
Updated:
16.01.2025
Name:
Sea
Author:
Ivan Aivazovsky
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1900
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, landscape
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
87,2x66,5 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж –473, КП - 997
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Low horizon line. In the center – amidst blue and dark gray waves – a boat tilted to the right with a group of people sitting in it. One of them is waving a red scarf. The sky is gray, on the right – a large black cloud. In the lower left corner is the signature: “Aivazovsky 1900” (“Айвазовський 1900 г.”). Sliding stretcher with a longitudinal membrane. On the left is a patch. At the bottom in the center is a strip of glue. At the top is a layer of paint deposits. In the upper right corner is a spot of paint deposits. On the right is a layer of paint deposits. On the left is deposits and scree below, on the right are scratches. Yellowing of the varnish.
Circumstances:
It was taken out of the Kherson Art Museum by representatives of the russian federation
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Details of theft
Year of the incident:
2022
Place of the incident:
The Oleksii Shovkunenko Kherson Regional Art Museum
Coordinates (Lat, Lon):
46.62979067231111, 32.609546919505945
Place of last known stay:
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Description of the incident location
It was opened on May 27, 1978, in the former City Hall building, an architectural monument of the early 20th century. As of 2022 (before the robbery), the museum's collection included more than 13 thousand works of art and was one of the most interesting museum collections in Ukraine. It includes works of Ukrainian and foreign painting, graphics, sculpture, and decorative and applied arts. From October 31 to November 4, 2022, the Kherson Art Museum was looted by the russian occupiers, and more than 10,000 of its most valuable exhibits were stolen. The cargo was sent to Crimea, and the works (all or part of them) ended up in the Simferopol Central Museum of Tavrida. It is unknown whether everything is still there.
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