Early spring / Rannia vesna
ID:
4847
Updated:
10.02.2025
Name:
Early spring / Rannia vesna
Author:
Konstantin Shurupov
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1974
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, landscape
Materials:
Canvas on cardboard, oil
Dimensions:
50x70 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1344, КП – 6075
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Spring landscape. In the foreground, on a brownish-green surface, there are several tall birches and shrubs covered with sparse young foliage. Behind them, in the middle part of the composition, there is a narrow blue stream with several puddles of different sizes on both sides. Beyond the stream is a bright green field. In the distance is a pink and lilac forest. The sky is beige and lilac, without clouds. At the bottom, in the right corner in blue paint signature: K. Shurupov. On the back - Below, on the cardboard is a factory stamp of the production plant of the USSR Art Fund. Podilsk. At the top, in blue pencil: K. Shurupov, 70x50 "Early Spring", 1974. 50 mm down from the upper edge, closer to the center - oval-shaped paint layer fallout 7x3 mm in size. On the back - General soiling of the cardboard. Red spots, several tears.
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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