Spitniv
ID:
4618
Updated:
06.02.2025
Name:
Spitniv
Author:
Vladimir Makovsky
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1917
Type:
Graphics
Technique of implementation:
Graphics, portrait, narrative painting
Materials:
Paper, watercolour, pencil
Dimensions:
22,5x36 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Г – 274, КП – 966
Location of special signs:
On the back on paper
Description:
Vertical composition. In the center, full-length, in front, with the head turned ¾ to the right, is the figure of a bearded old man wiping his bald spot with a red handkerchief. In his left hand he holds a stick and a brown hat. He is wearing a dark blue long coat and ocher-colored pants. In the background, a male figure is depicted on the left, and two more male figures are depicted on the right, walking (the direction of movement is deep into the composition). In the background are silhouettes of houses and trees.
The signature in black watercolor at the bottom right: V. Makovsky 1917.
General contamination, spots of iron bacteria. General conversion.
The signature in black watercolor at the bottom right: V. Makovsky 1917.
General contamination, spots of iron bacteria. General conversion.
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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