Still life with poppies / Natiurmort z makom
ID:
4751
Updated:
07.02.2025
Name:
Still life with poppies / Natiurmort z makom
Author:
Albert Papikian
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1988
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, Still-life
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
100x100 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1301, КП – 5464
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Close-up on a small wooden table: in the center is an open book with a blue cover, to the left is a dark blue jug with a wide neck and two handles with dried poppy heads, and two poppy tops on the table on the left. On the right is a drapery with geometric ornaments hanging from the top of the table. The color scheme is based on a combination of ochre, brown with blue and blue-violet. The background is pinkish-red and dull. Below, in the image, on the right: A. Papikian. Top right, in blue: A. Papikyan, "Still Life with Poppy," x., m. 100x100, 1988.
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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