Mosque Ahmet Yassawi / Mechet Akhmeda Yasavi

ID: 4195
Updated: 20.01.2025
Mosque Ahmet Yassawi / Mechet Akhmeda Yasavi (Photo 256)
Name:
Mosque Ahmet Yassawi / Mechet Akhmeda Yasavi
Author:
Alexander Tyulkin
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1920
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, architectural landscape
Materials:
Cardboard, oil
Dimensions:
60x68 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 693, КП – 1234
Location of special signs:
On the back on cardboard or on a stretcher
Description:
In the foreground is part of the mosque wall with the entrance to the courtyard. There is a fence along the width of the entrance. In the depths of the next arch is a small balcony, with a door underneath. The study is painted in warm ocher colours. The author's signature is at the bottom left: ‘A. Tulkin 920 Turkestan’. On the back: Facade of a mosque in Turkestan (oil). The edges are uneven, the right edge is broken, crumpled.
Circumstances:
It was taken out of the Kherson Art Museum by representatives of the russian federation
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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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