Lights on the Volga river / Vohni na ricнts Volzi
ID:
4733
Updated:
07.02.2025
Name:
Lights on the Volga river / Vohni na ricнts Volzi
Author:
Mikhailo Reuter
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1959
Type:
Graphics
Technique of implementation:
Graphics, industrial landscape
Materials:
Paper, linocut
Dimensions:
53x32 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Г – 303, КП – 1301
Location of special signs:
On the back on paper
Description:
An industrial landscape in the evening. In the foreground is water, on the left is a boat. From the upper right corner to the center of the opposite bank is a suspension bridge with floodlights reflected in the water. On the opposite bank, the silhouettes of factory buildings, cranes, and power line poles are illuminated.
Under the print in graphite pencil on the left: "Lights on the Volga (Stalingrad Hydroelectric Power Station)", signed by the author on the right: M. Roth...1959.
On the verso in graphite pencil: in the lower left corner 55 (in a circle), on the right 3464/1964 Reuter M. Lights on the Volga KGMRI in 1661 1129/1960 DVP 29601.
The upper left corner, lower right corner, and left edge are torn. Tears to the edges of the sheet, traces of mounting along the upper edge. Contamination of the white margin.
Under the print in graphite pencil on the left: "Lights on the Volga (Stalingrad Hydroelectric Power Station)", signed by the author on the right: M. Roth...1959.
On the verso in graphite pencil: in the lower left corner 55 (in a circle), on the right 3464/1964 Reuter M. Lights on the Volga KGMRI in 1661 1129/1960 DVP 29601.
The upper left corner, lower right corner, and left edge are torn. Tears to the edges of the sheet, traces of mounting along the upper edge. Contamination of the white margin.
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:
Links
Archive links
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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