Machine gunners / Kulemetnyky
ID:
4178
Updated:
20.01.2025
Name:
Machine gunners / Kulemetnyky
Author:
Petr Kotov
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1942
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, subject composition
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
89x74 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 624, КП – 1165
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
In the centre of the composition are two soldiers lying on the brown ground behind a machine gun. They are dressed in gymnastic clothes and helmets. The figures are depicted in a ¾ turn to the right. One of the soldiers lying on the right is firing a machine gun, the other is holding a ribbon with cartridges. In the background are clouds of blue-blue smoke. In the lower left corner in black paint: "Kotov - Petr 1942" ("Котов - Петр 1942 год").
On the stretcher at the bottom in red paint: No. 977 and the Kyiv Museum of Russian Art stamp. Along the upper edge across the entire width there are cracks in the oil layer. The stretcher is sliding on blades. In the upper right corner, there is paint shedding (1.7x0.8)
On the stretcher at the bottom in red paint: No. 977 and the Kyiv Museum of Russian Art stamp. Along the upper edge across the entire width there are cracks in the oil layer. The stretcher is sliding on blades. In the upper right corner, there is paint shedding (1.7x0.8)
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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