Sketch for a portrait / Етiud do portretu
ID:
4707
Updated:
07.02.2025
Name:
Sketch for a portrait / Етiud do portretu
Author:
Fedir Samusev
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1964
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, portrait
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
46x62 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 904, КП – 3095
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Etude. In the center of the composition on a whitish-gray background in ¾ of the body to the left, head almost in front, a generational image of an elderly man sitting with a brush in his right hand and a palette of blue and red paints in his left, wearing a dark blue outer garment with wide lapels over a black suit. A thick gray beard and long gray hair frame a stern face with a long, hooked nose. The gaze of the deep-set eyes is directed to the right. To the left, near the edge of the image, is part of an easel with a canvas stretched over a stretcher. At the bottom right in black paint: F.Samusev 57g. On the stretcher at the top in graphite pencil: F. Samusev "Study for a portrait". On the upper left corner in blue paste: 62х46. The stretcher is blind. In the lower right corner of the canvas is warped.
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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