Head (not completed) / Holivka. (ne zavershena)
ID:
4448
Updated:
04.02.2025
Name:
Head (not completed) / Holivka. (ne zavershena)
Author:
Oleksii Shovkunenko
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1942
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting
Materials:
Dermantine, oil
Dimensions:
49,5x63 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1128, КП – 3996
Location of special signs:
On the back on cardboard or on a stretcher
Description:
In the upper left quarter of the composition is the head of a young woman in profile to the right. There is an open forehead, a slightly snub nose, narrow compressed lips, small squinting eyes, and lush hair combed back. A little outline of the clothes with three large buttons on the chest. The work is executed in green, pink, brown, gray colors on an ochre background of leatherette. On the reverse: Inscribed by the artist's wife in graphite pencil at the lower right: "I testify. This is the work of Oleksii Shovkunenko. Oleksandra Shovkunenko. 20.IV.85". Lower left in graphite pencil inscription: "Head / O.V. Shovkunenko / Ufa. 1942, dermatin, oil, 66.5 x 49.5 cm". There are traces of bends in the corners. In the upper left corner there is a hole 2.5 mm in diameter, in the lower left corner there are traces of piercing. In the lower right corner is a horizontal tear. Not completed, without a stretcher.
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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