Ivan Kushchin's tower. From the series "In Lavra"
ID:
1750
Updated:
10.02.2025
Name:
Ivan Kushchin's tower. From the series "In Lavra"
Author:
Heorhii Petrov
Original name:
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Date:
1989
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, landscape
Materials:
Cardboard, oil
Dimensions:
39,5x50
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1417, КП – 6335
Location of special signs:
On the back on cardboard or on a stretcher
Description:
Architectural landscape. It is a cloudy day. To the left, in the foreground, a light ocher high fence going deep and adjoining a light brown two-tiered tower with a bulbous head on a high drum in the background. To the right is a wet asphalt sidewalk with figures of passersby; near the fence are four tall trees with sparse greenish-gray foliage. In the right part of the composition, in the depths, there is a fence parallel to the lower edge with an arched entrance in the middle, near which there are silhouettes of people and a group of trees. Behind the fence is a church with a blue-gray roof and an onion-shaped dome. The sky is cloudy, gray and white. At the bottom right is the author's signature "G. Petrov 1989".
On the back is an inscription at the top: Petrov G.P. 1927. Series - "By Lavra" Tower of Ivan Kushchin - end. 50 x 40.5 cm 17 early 18th century. 1989. The cardboard is warped. On the reverse side, general surface contamination.
On the back is an inscription at the top: Petrov G.P. 1927. Series - "By Lavra" Tower of Ivan Kushchin - end. 50 x 40.5 cm 17 early 18th century. 1989. The cardboard is warped. On the reverse side, general surface contamination.
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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