Ruins of a disciplinary battalion / Ruiny dystsyplinarnogo batalonu
ID:
4119
Updated:
23.01.2025
Name:
Ruins of a disciplinary battalion / Ruiny dystsyplinarnogo batalonu
Author:
Heorhii Kurnakov
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1923
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, landscape
Materials:
Cardboard, oil
Dimensions:
29,5x25 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 266, КП – 580
Location of special signs:
On the back on cardboard or on a stretcher.
Description:
In the foreground are the ruins of a white brick building. In the background is the river in perspective. High horizon line. General color in light brownish-gray tones. Author’s signature in black ink in the lower left corner. On the back in the upper right corner is the inscription: "Heorhii Vas. Kurnakov. Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR "Ruins of the Disciplinary Battalion" 1923." ("Георгий Вас. Курнаков. Засл. Д. и-в УССР "Руины дисциплинарного батальона’ 1923 г.").
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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