By the samovar / Bilia samovaru

ID: 4339
Updated: 29.01.2025
By the samovar / Bilia samovaru (Photo 256)
Name:
By the samovar / Bilia samovaru
Author:
Semen Prokhorov
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1944
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, plot
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
50x66 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 644, КП – 1185
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
In the foreground is a generational portrait of an elderly woman seated ¾ turn to the left with her back to the viewer in front of a tablecloth-covered table. The woman is wearing a white shirt with embroidered sleeves and a black skirt with a navy blue apron. The head is tied with a dark blue scarf. On the table - a copper samovar, a white porcelain teapot, a cup and saucer, a plate with apples. To the left is a 3/4 turn bust right of a young woman also seated at a table. Dressed in a blue blouse and a red scarf. In the depth of the composition, outside the window - a crowd of people. In the lower right corner in dark brown paint: "С.П. 44". On the stretcher: "S. Prokhorov" ("С. Прохоров"). On the left side of the stretcher in graphite pencil: "ЖРУ – 650", on the upper left side in blue pencil: "ВП/689", next to it – "41 в.к."., on the right - 66x50 1944. Sagging canvas, to the right of the center - swelling of the canvas. Bottom right – deep scratches: 1,2; 1.7; 1.4 cm. On the right - dotted scree. The stretcher is closed.
Circumstances:
It was taken out of the Kherson Art Museum by representatives of the russian federation
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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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