Seven-mile steps. Right part / Semyverstnymy krokamy. Prava chastyna
ID:
4518
Updated:
05.02.2025
Name:
Seven-mile steps. Right part / Semyverstnymy krokamy. Prava chastyna
Author:
Karlis Dobrais
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1973
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, portrait
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
107x150 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1279, КП – 5438
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
The figure of a flying girl, tilted to the left, is depicted diagonally from the back. Her head is turned ¾ to the left. The arms - the right straight and the left gently curved - are raised above the head. The face is oval, with regular features, and the hair is reddish-blond. The girl is wearing a light gray short dress. In the lower left corner, a boat is depicted diagonally with a man sitting at the helm. In the upper part of the background is a dark cloudy sky, under which is the arc of the horizon of the earth. The color is ocher-greenish-gray-white-blue. At the bottom right is a monogram with the date: KD 73". On the crossbars of the frame are inscriptions; on the vertical "Latvian SSR, Limbane district 229125 Skulge street Ziedu 9", on the horizontal "Seven hundred steps". The right side is inscribed "1973.x.m.150x107 Dobrais K.A. 1973".
Below the middle of the canvas is a dent from a small sharp object. Near the upper edge on the left there is a paint layer falling out, in the middle there is a strip of abrasion, a scratch. Along the upper edge, the paint layer is chipped in diameter. Minor contamination of the paint layer.
Below the middle of the canvas is a dent from a small sharp object. Near the upper edge on the left there is a paint layer falling out, in the middle there is a strip of abrasion, a scratch. Along the upper edge, the paint layer is chipped in diameter. Minor contamination of the paint layer.
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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