Bread of Petrograd / Khlib Petrohradu
ID:
4353
Updated:
29.01.2025
Name:
Bread of Petrograd / Khlib Petrohradu
Author:
Hryhorii Vasetskyi
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1968
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, Portrait, Subject composition
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
150x184 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 661, КП – 1202
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Against the background of a dark red-brown freight car, a little to the right of the center - the figure of a tired young worker or soldier, dressed in a sweatshirt, from under which a white collar-stand is visible; black pants On the legs, up to the knees, wrapped with grandchildren, black boots. On his head is a cap with a star. On his left hand is a red armband. On the right is a rifle with its butt on the ground. The figure is given in fac. On the wall below is a white inscription - "Bread" ("Хліб"). Near the right edge is an image of a part of a white newspaper pasted on a wagon. From the bottom left, the author's inscription in black paint: "H.S. Vasetskyi" ("Васецкий Г.С.").
On top of the stretcher, the author’s inscription: "Vasetskyi ‘Bread of Petrograd’ 184x150" ("Васецкий "Хлеб Петрограду" 184х150") In the lower right corner, the passport of the Passport of the Directorate of Art Exhibitions of Ukraine listed No. 15530, reg. No. 31894; sticker of the Novokakhovsk Art Gallery. The subframe is closed with crossed bars.
On top of the stretcher, the author’s inscription: "Vasetskyi ‘Bread of Petrograd’ 184x150" ("Васецкий "Хлеб Петрограду" 184х150") In the lower right corner, the passport of the Passport of the Directorate of Art Exhibitions of Ukraine listed No. 15530, reg. No. 31894; sticker of the Novokakhovsk Art Gallery. The subframe is closed with crossed bars.
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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