Portrait of a steelworker Kochetkova / Portret stalevara Kochetkova
ID:
4242
Updated:
22.01.2025
Name:
Portrait of a steelworker Kochetkova / Portret stalevara Kochetkova
Author:
Oleksii Shovkunenko
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1949
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, portrait
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
92,3x149 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 835, КП – 2904
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Full-length image of a man in 3/4 turn to the right, holding a punch in his right lowered hand. Clothing: grey and green unbuttoned jacket, shirt open on the chest, cap with blue safety glasses raised on the visor, dark gloves on his hands. In the background are grey and burgundy-red buildings. The background is grey and purple. The canvas is warped in the upper part. Light cracking of the paint layer in the centre. The stretcher is sliding, missing: horizontal membrane and two upper pegs.
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
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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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