Liaison / Zviazkivets
ID:
4198
Updated:
20.01.2025
Name:
Liaison / Zviazkivets
Author:
Nikolay Ovechkin
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
XX century AD
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, plot
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
150x130 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 697, КП – 1240
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
The painting depicts four figures. On the left is the figure of a girl sitting at a table with her head in her hands. She is dressed in an overcoat with a belt around her waist. Next to her is a machine gun. In the background are two men sitting at a table near a map. On the right corner of the table are a clay jug and a mug. The colour scheme is golden and ochre. The top is black: Ovechkin N. The Liaison Officer. 125х155
Condition: In the right part of the canvas (top and bottom) there are partial losses and swelling of the paint layer. In the lower part - small scattering of the paint layer, which are tinted with watercolour, sagging canvas.
In April 1985, the painting was restored: Strengthening of the exfoliated paint layer, application of restoration primer in places of loss, toning of the areas with watercolours.
Condition: In the right part of the canvas (top and bottom) there are partial losses and swelling of the paint layer. In the lower part - small scattering of the paint layer, which are tinted with watercolour, sagging canvas.
In April 1985, the painting was restored: Strengthening of the exfoliated paint layer, application of restoration primer in places of loss, toning of the areas with watercolours.
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:
Links
Archive links
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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