Early spring / Rannia vesna
ID:
4829
Updated:
10.02.2025
Name:
Early spring / Rannia vesna
Author:
Oleksandr Fomin
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
XX century AD
Type:
Graphics
Technique of implementation:
Graphics, landscape
Materials:
Paper, sauce
Dimensions:
35x22 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Г – 344, КП – 1342
Location of special signs:
On the back on paper or cardboard
Description:
Spring landscape. In the center of the composition is an island of black earth with three bare birches (the tops are cut off with the edge of a sheet) and low shrubs surrounded by melting snow. In the background is a strip of dark forest. The sky is gray. In graphite pencil at the top center: "A. Fomin" From the series of drawings "Early Spring". Lower right: "Fomin A.I. From the series "Early Spring" reg 24439 (crossed out), inv.№11209 (112 crossed out). On the right in brown pencil in the middle of 91572 (circled). Started drawing and crossed with a cross. Stains in the upper corners. Spots of iron disease on a white field. Two through holes along the right edge.
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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