Flower girls / Kvitkarky
ID:
4236
Updated:
21.01.2025
Name:
Flower girls / Kvitkarky
Author:
Oleksii Shovkunenko
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1928
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, sketch
Materials:
Cardboard, oil
Dimensions:
83,2x50,6 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 827, КП – 2894
Location of special signs:
On the back on cardboard or on a stretcher
Description:
Etude. Horizontal composition. From the lower left part of the composition in the depths and to the right - a number of tables with bouquets of white, pink and red flowers, next to them on the ground - flowerpots with flowers. In the foreground to the right is a part of a baby carriage, cut off by the edge of the painting. In the background is a crowded street with a blue booth and a white board in the centre. On the back - Inscribed in graphite pencil below: ‘No. 191. Odesa. 1928 Flower girl. Size 93 x 65’. Damage to the cardboard. General contamination. On the right a little above the middle - a crack (5 cm).
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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