Arrest of T. Shevchenko / Aresht T.Shevchenko

ID: 4798
Updated: 10.02.2025
Arrest of T. Shevchenko / Aresht T.Shevchenko (Photo 256)
Name:
Arrest of T. Shevchenko / Aresht T.Shevchenko
Author:
Gregory Galkin
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1964
Type:
Graphics
Technique of implementation:
Graphics, portrait
Materials:
Paper, linocut
Dimensions:
53,3x38,5 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Г – 324 (старий Г- 388), КП – 1322
Location of special signs:
On the back on paper or cardboard
Description:
Interior of an office. On a white background, a young man with his hands behind his back is depicted in profile on the left, kneeling by a table. He has black hair that barely covers his ears, a white shirt with a black bow, and a black suit. In the center, an elderly man with a mustache, sideburns, and beard is sitting at a table, holding a piece of white paper in his left hand. He is wearing a uniform with a standing collar, epaulettes, accolades, and a cross in the upper buttonhole. In front of him is an inkwell with goose feathers. To the left is an officer with a white sheet of paper in his right hand. In the upper left quarter of the composition, the lower part of the portrait is cut off by the edge of the sheet. Under the print in graphite pencil on the left: "Arrest of Taras Shevchenko", on the right signature of the author - illegible. 1964, without flaws.
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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