Poet Mezhirov Alexander / Poet Mezhyrov Oleksandr
ID:
4532
Updated:
05.02.2025
Name:
Poet Mezhirov Alexander / Poet Mezhyrov Oleksandr
Author:
Yuri Mezhirov
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1983
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, portrait
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
55x69 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1296, КП – 5459
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Full-length image in a slight reverse to the left of a middle-aged man sitting at a table wearing a gray-blue sweater. Elbows on the table, hands folded in front of him. Oval-shaped head with short sparse hair with gray hair, large forehead with a bald spot, nose with a hump, large eyes with heavy eyelids, large mouth. In the lower left corner there is a ceramic ashtray with two cigarette butts. To the left, behind the man's shoulder, there is a lamp with a green shade and a wide yellow leg. The background is gray-green. In the upper right corner, a monogram in green paint: "YM 83". Above in black paint: "Mezhirov Y.A. "Poet Alexander Mezhirov 83 g. x. m. 69x55".
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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