Big concert / Velykyi kontsert

ID: 4787
Updated: 10.02.2025
Big concert / Velykyi kontsert (Photo 256)
Name:
Big concert / Velykyi kontsert
Author:
Iryna Makarova-Vysheslavska
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1980
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
200x140
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1324, КП – 5801
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
A string orchestra. Against a light grayish-ochre background painted with a thin longitudinal brushstroke, seven musicians sit in a semicircle in front of music stands. On the left are four violinists and a harpist in a white dress. In the center is a cellist in a dark dress. On the right is a cellist. The outlines of the musicians are outlined in the background. At the top edge of the picture in the middle is a white luminous chandelier. On the back - In the upper right corner of the canvas in black paint: "Makarova - Vysheslavska Iryna Leonidivna "Big Concert" 1980. 140 x 200 cm". During transportation, the stretcher was sawn on the lumbar membranes, and the canvas was bent vertically with the paint layer inward. There is a bend along the entire height of the canvas, in the middle there is a bend with numerous shedding. Significant wavy warping of the canvas horizontally. In the upper part - cracking of the paint layer in the form of horizontal stripes. In the lower left corner - numerous spalls. On the reverse - top right - two patches.
Circumstances:
It was taken out of the Kherson Art Museum by representatives of the russian federation
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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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