An old woman in an armchair / Stara u krisli
ID:
4284
Updated:
05.02.2025
Name:
An old woman in an armchair / Stara u krisli
Author:
Boris Kustodiev
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
XIX century AD
Type:
Graphics
Technique of implementation:
Graphics, portrait
Materials:
Paper, watercolour, white
Dimensions:
21,5x30,5 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Г – 5, КП – 207
Location of special signs:
On the back on paper
Description:
An almost generational image of an elderly woman with her hands folded at her waist. The face and figure are in full view. She is dressed in a black dress, with an ocher shawl draped over her shoulders. She has a white headscarf tied under her chin. Behind her back is part of the back of a brown chair with a black outline. The background is grey-green with pink flowers. Ink signature in the upper left corner: B. Kustodiev. General yellowing of the sheet. A little below the centre is a horizontal fold. Scratches and creases at the bottom right. Traces of paper mounts.
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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