Self-portrait / Avtoportret

ID: 4914
Updated: 10.02.2025
Self-portrait / Avtoportret (Photo 256)
Name:
Self-portrait / Avtoportret
Author:
Ivan Shulga
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1931-1940
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, portrait
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
40x50 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1443, КН – 4675
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Against a dark brown background is a (nearly) explanatory image of a young man with a mustache at a ¾ turn to the right. He is wearing a brown hat with a wide brim, the shadow of which falls on his face. He is wearing a white shirt, a brown tie, and a dark coat. On the back there is a sticker of the State Art Exhibitions of Ukraine, passport number 6805. The canvas is damaged.
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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