Still life with a camellia / Natiurmort z kameliieiu
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4352
Updated:
29.01.2025
Name:
Still life with a camellia / Natiurmort z kameliieiu
Author:
Anatoly Nikych-Krylychevsky
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1964
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, Still life
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
100x120 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 660, КП – 1201
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
In the center of the composition on a light background is a tall brown vase with a camellia growing in it. It has two blossomed flowers and seven buds. To the right of the flowerpot is a white rectangular box with soil and three small flowerpots. In the foreground is a yellow folding meter and a gray fabric draped in deep stiff folds. The background is a light gray wall, on the right is a reproduction of the "St George the Victorious" icon, on the left is a vertical brown drapery. A picture is attached to the wall, facing the viewer and covering the icon.
In the lower left corner in light red paint: "A.Nikych, ‘64" ("А.Никич, 64"). On the bottom left is a sticker: "exhibition hall of the Union of Artists of the USSR" ("выставочный зал Союза художников СССР"). Above with a black felt-tip pen: "Nikych, still life with camellia" ("Никич, н-т с камелией"). Art work was enveloped, that is, completely closed.
In the lower left corner in light red paint: "A.Nikych, ‘64" ("А.Никич, 64"). On the bottom left is a sticker: "exhibition hall of the Union of Artists of the USSR" ("выставочный зал Союза художников СССР"). Above with a black felt-tip pen: "Nikych, still life with camellia" ("Никич, н-т с камелией"). Art work was enveloped, that is, completely closed.
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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