Postman / Lystonosha
ID:
4703
Updated:
07.02.2025
Name:
Postman / Lystonosha
Author:
Slava Livshits
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1967
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, portrait on a landscape background
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
50x66 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 902, КП – 3093
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
A little to the left of the center of the composition is a full-length, ¾-turned left-handed woman wearing a dark brown sleeveless dress, a white blouse with the sleeves turned up to the elbow, a white headscarf tied back, a short string of red and a long white necklace around her neck. Her right hand supports a black postman's bag with newspapers, which hangs from a strap over her left shoulder. Part of her skirt and legs are covered by a fence. In the background to the left is a wooden house with a light brown roof, cut off by the upper and left edges of the composition. To the right, behind the fence, is a yard with trees. At the bottom right in red paint "S.L.". On the top bar of the stretcher in black graphite pencil "Livshits S.N. Postman". At the top right in purple pencil "Livshyts Slava Naumovna. "Postman". 1967. m.h. 66х50. Kyiv". At the bottom right is the passport of the DKhVU. The subframe is blind. In the upper right quarter above the fence is a spot of light brown glue.
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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