Construction of the Kakhovka HPP lock / Budivnytstvo shliuzu Kakhovskoi HES
ID:
1680
Updated:
10.02.2025
Name:
Construction of the Kakhovka HPP lock / Budivnytstvo shliuzu Kakhovskoi HES
Author:
Ivan Botko
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1953
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, plot painting
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
80x60
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1318, КП – 5768
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
In the foreground, two high walls of a gateway with rebar at the top are under construction. On the construction site, at the bottom left, there is a wooden house with an extension, near which a man in a red T-shirt and cap and a woman in a white blouse and a scarf are standing, holding papers. To the right is a truck and two men walking toward it; in the center are stairs with handrails, a construction site, and workers. Above the change house against the wall is a hanging cradle with workers. Behind the first lock is a bridge, cranes, and to the right is the upper part of a crane cut off by the edge of the painting. In the distance is the second lock under construction. The sky is gray with white and pink clouds. On the back - At the top right in black inscription: Botko I.I. born in 1914 Construction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station gateway 60x80 x m. 1953 General pollution of the image. Sagging of the canvas, dent at the top, in the center. On all four sides (pressed convex) lines from the stretcher.
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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