Behind enemy lines / V tyl voroha
ID:
4772
Updated:
10.02.2025
Name:
Behind enemy lines / V tyl voroha
Author:
Georgy Nesterenko
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1964
Type:
Graphics
Technique of implementation:
Graphics, plot picture
Materials:
Paper, linocut
Dimensions:
82x38 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Г – 413, КП – 1412
Location of special signs:
On the back on paper
Description:
A detachment of soldiers moves among a snowy birch grove (movement - from left to right). The group on the right is pushing an anti-tank gun and an anti-aircraft gun. Behind them, soldiers wearing helmets and earflaps are walking with assault rifles on their shoulders and in front of them. Below the image is an inscription in graphite pencil: "Behind enemy lines," and on the left is the signature: "Nesterenko." The image bears the author's monogram in the lower right corner: GN - 64.
On the back in graphite pencil in the center bottom: Reg. 28005 inv. 13859.
Light yellowing of the sheet. Bands of fading along the edge of the mat. Yellow stains from silicate glue along the lower margin of the sheet.
On the back in graphite pencil in the center bottom: Reg. 28005 inv. 13859.
Light yellowing of the sheet. Bands of fading along the edge of the mat. Yellow stains from silicate glue along the lower margin of the sheet.
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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