Portrait of a girl / Portret divchyny
ID:
4894
Updated:
10.02.2025
Name:
Portrait of a girl / Portret divchyny
Author:
Mykhailo Bozhiy
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1961
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, portrait
Materials:
Canvas, cardboard, oil
Dimensions:
45x42 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1421, КП – 4368
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas, cardboard or on a stretcher
Description:
On a bright blue background with green and pink streaks on the shoulders, there is a non-image of a girl, in profile, on the left. Light brown hair is styled on the top and back of the head. Her nose is upturned, and her red lips are tightly pressed together. She is wearing a black sweatshirt, a narrow blue and pink scarf is tied in a knot in front. On the right side of the table, in a spherical vase with red and blue spots, there is a sprig of greenery. At the bottom right is the author's signature: M Bozhiy 61.
On the back, on top of the cardboard in blue paint: Odesa Chkalova 1 sq. 9. h/o "Girl" M. Bozhyi.
At the bottom right is the passport of the DCHVU. In the center in black: KHEM -3 sq 460 zh-323 (crossed out).
There is a yellow-brown stripe diagonally around the neck.
On the back, on top of the cardboard in blue paint: Odesa Chkalova 1 sq. 9. h/o "Girl" M. Bozhyi.
At the bottom right is the passport of the DCHVU. In the center in black: KHEM -3 sq 460 zh-323 (crossed out).
There is a yellow-brown stripe diagonally around the neck.
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:
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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