Gorky Street / Vulytsia Horkoho
ID:
4525
Updated:
05.02.2025
Name:
Gorky Street / Vulytsia Horkoho
Author:
Evgeny Vakhtagov
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1978
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, cityscape
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
120x100 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1287, КП – 5450
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Composition with a low horizon line. Urban motif. The image of the street in perspective. On the left, large-scale silhouettes of buildings are depicted in perspective. In the foreground is a part of a multi-storey building with a rounded corner and gray window openings (the image is cut off by the upper and left edges of the composition). To the left, in silhouette, is the corner of a brown building with a red flag on the roof. The street rests against the red and brown Kremlin wall with two towers. Along the street, trees, people on the sidewalk, and cars are depicted on a small scale (in silhouette). The sky is light pinkish-gray. The color is based on a combination of gray and brown. At the bottom of the image in brown paint, on the right is the author's signature. Top left in brown paint: "Vakhtangov. Gorky Street x,, m. 100x120, 1978".
Sagging canvas, light warping.
Sagging canvas, light warping.
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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