Portrait of the ballerina Skorulska / Portret baleryny Skorulskoi
ID:
4249
Updated:
22.01.2025
Name:
Portrait of the ballerina Skorulska / Portret baleryny Skorulskoi
Author:
Oleksii Shovkunenko
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1958
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, portrait
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
79,8x182,5 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 843, КП – 2910
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
On an ochre background is a full-length image of a woman standing in 3/4 turn to the left, head slightly turned to the right. The right hand is on the workbench, the left hand with a yellow ribbon is on the hip. She wears a red bow in her dark, wavy, straight parted, shoulder-length hair. She is dressed in a Spanish costume: a long yellow and red skirt, a blouse with red, elbow-length sleeves, and a black corset. At the top left on the stretcher red paint "Portrait of the actress. 1958 р.". Sagging and warping of the canvas. In the upper right quarter there are two punctures. Cracking of the paint layer almost in the centre. Bottom right and left: abrasions of the paint layer. Abrasions at the top edge. General soiling. The stretcher is sliding, on pegs, with a transverse membrane.
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:
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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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