Bell / Kolokol
ID:
4531
Updated:
05.02.2025
Name:
Bell / Kolokol
Author:
Vasily Kalinin
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1986
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, plot
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
150x200 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1294, КП – 5457
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
The image of a two-tiered wooden structure occupies most of the work's surface. The upper tier shows the outlines of windows, while the lower tier has an arch on log supports. In the center of the gap between the supports is a hanging bell. A ladder is attached to the building on the right. Near the right edge, against a background of emerald green spots, is the silhouette of a male figure in black. The figure is seen from the back in 3/4 view to the right. At the left edge, large ocher, gray, and green strokes outline a high bank reflected on the water surface. In the upper left corner of the canvas with brown paint: "Kalinin V.G. 1946 "Bell" h.m. 200 x 150 1986". On the right side of the stretcher is an inscription in pencil: "Kalynin 2 pcs." On the vertical crossbar of the stretcher in brown pencil: VHPO Zh-4021, in red pencil. 1126/89. Deformation of the canvas near the left edge at the top and near the right edge in the middle part.
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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