Beginning. Series "Man and Space" / Pocнatok. seriiа "Liudyna ta kosmos"
ID:
4547
Updated:
05.02.2025
Name:
Beginning. Series "Man and Space" / Pocнatok. seriiа "Liudyna ta kosmos"
Author:
Boris Zaborov
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1976
Type:
Graphics
Technique of implementation:
Graphics, allegorical genre
Materials:
Paper, colour autolithography
Dimensions:
55x77 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Г – 234, КП – 824
Location of special signs:
On the back on paper
Description:
In the foreground, a full-length figure of a man is depicted. He is dressed in a chiton and a cloak, which is pierced on the left shoulder with a fibula. The head is depicted in profile, the figure is ¾ to the right. The arms are held out to the sides, the legs rest on a fancy curved ribbon. The horizon line passes just above the figure's ankles. The silhouette of the figure is repeated along the horizon line, behind it (from left to right) are butterflies with long wings, and an aircraft resembling a paper kite is above.
On the reverse: VPHC 33309
On the reverse: VPHC 33309
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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