Klava
ID:
4435
Updated:
04.02.2025
Name:
Klava
Author:
Samuel Nevelstein
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1979
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, portrait
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
43x53 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1116, КП – 3916
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
A close-up portrait of a pioneer girl smiling in a white blouse and red tie is shown against a spring landscape. The figure is depicted from the front, with the head 3/4 turn to the left, slightly tilted. The face is round, the eyes are blue, the nose is snubbed, the hair is light blond with bangs falling on the forehead, tied with a black bow. The background is a pinkish-blue sky, brown fields, buildings on the left, ocher-white trees on the right. Lower left: author's signature and date 79. On the back is a sticker with the inscription: "S. Nevelshtein (Leningrad) 'Klava' x., 1979. 53 x 43". Light warping of the canvas, two dents - top left, one dent - bottom left.
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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