Portrait of Yurii Yanovskyi / Portret Yuriia Yanovskoho
ID:
4238
Updated:
21.01.2025
Name:
Portrait of Yurii Yanovskyi / Portret Yuriia Yanovskoho
Author:
Oleksii Shovkunenko
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1954
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, portrait
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
52,5x88,5 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 830, КП – 2897
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Full-length portrait of a grey-haired man sitting in an elderly chair in a 3/4 turn to the left, his left hand resting on the armrest is cut off by the lower edge of the painting. He is wearing a white shirt, red tie, and grey suit. The background is a brown bookshelf with books. Sagging of the canvas. There are horizontal cracks in the paint layer on the face. From the left edge to the centre and down the hall. Almost in the centre near the face there is a dent. The stretcher is sliding on pegs. One peg is missing from the bottom right.
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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