The sad memories of the colony / Sumni spohady polonyn
ID:
4382
Updated:
30.01.2025
Name:
The sad memories of the colony / Sumni spohady polonyn
Author:
Ernest Kontratovych
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1972
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, landscape
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
177,5x80 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 708, КП – 1252
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
In the foreground, the plain is covered with snow. On the right are the remains of a barbed wire fence. Further, a bunch of mountains stretching deep to the left. In the background are snow-covered mountain tops, sparse trees on the slopes. The sky is in cold brown tones. In the lower right corner, the signature: "Kontratovych" ("Контратович"). Signed on the frame: "E.R. Kontratovych Uzhgorod ‘Sad memories of the montane meadows’ x/m 80x177.5. m 80x177.5" ("Контратович Є.Р. Ужгород "Сумні спогади колонії" х/м 80х177,5. м 80х177,5."). In the upper left corner in red pencil 45870. Below in ink: E.R. Kontratovych. (Uzhhorod, Pushkina ave, 3) ("Контратович Є.Р. (Ужгород п. Пушкіна, 3)"). On the upper right, in two places where the canvas is disturbed, the diameter is 3 cm. In the lower left corner, the canvas is stretched incorrectly. (06.12.82).
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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