Plague (from a poem by T. Shevchenko) / Сhuma (z virsha T. Shevchenka)
ID:
4806
Updated:
10.02.2025
Name:
Plague (from a poem by T. Shevchenko) / Сhuma (z virsha T. Shevchenka)
Author:
Mykhailo Glushchenko
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1964
Type:
Graphics
Technique of implementation:
Graphics, story composition
Materials:
Paper, linocut, watercolour
Dimensions:
39,8x60 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Г – 329, КП – 1327
Location of special signs:
On the back on paper or cardboard
Description:
Against a black background with brown strokes, near the rear wheel of a wagon pulled by two oxen, on the side of the road, in the center of the composition, an elderly man is depicted almost diagonally lying with his arms stretched out along his body. His legs, below the knees, are cut off by the left edge of the sheet. He is wearing a white shirt and black pants. In the upper left quarter is an orange sky with black birds. Under the print in graphite pencil: on the left "Plague", on the right the author's signature: "M. Glushchenko 1964". In the lower right corner in graphite pencil: "65 Glushchenko M. "Plague" (based on the poem by Taras Shevchenko) reg. No. 26535 inv.No. 13189". Crumpled left and lower edges. Numerous tears of the left edge of the sheet, 2 tears of the right and lower edges, tear of the lower right corner.
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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