Gurzuf. Mountains / Hurzuf. Hory
ID:
4778
Updated:
10.02.2025
Name:
Gurzuf. Mountains / Hurzuf. Hory
Author:
Ivan Botko
Original name:
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Date:
1984
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Materials:
Cardboard, oil
Dimensions:
24x28,5
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1314, КП – 5750
Location of special signs:
On the back on cardboard or on a stretcher
Description:
In the foreground is a sloping surface of lilac-ochre ground painted with tilted short strokes. Just above the corner from the left to the right, there are brown shrubs running diagonally. In the background, on the left, there is a group of dark green trees, on the right, a small tree with bare branches. The horizon line is covered by mountains: high on the left and low on the right. To the right of the center, near the mountains, there is a small house. The mountains are painted in violet-blue-ochre color (in the light - light ochre with white). The sky is light blue with white clouds on the left. On the back - in black ink: Botko Ivan Ivanovich 35x24 Gurzuf. Mountains. C. m. 1984. 1914. Right (3) and top (2) nail punctures.
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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