Warsaw at night / Varshava vnochi
ID:
5135
Updated:
02.04.2025
Name:
Warsaw at night / Varshava vnochi
Author:
Anatolii Platonov
Original name:
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Date:
1993
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, landscape
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
71x81 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1460, КП – 6358
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
A generalized decorative composition of an urban motif. In the foreground is a brightly lit square with cars; in the lower left is a tall harnessed cart (moving to the right), the lower part of which is cut off by the edge of the canvas. Behind it is a tall column topped by a sculpture of a man with a cross. In the background, on the left - the facade of the church with three lancet portals; on the right - a multi-storey building with luminous windows. The color is based on the ratio of whitened blue-green, ocher, lilac-red tones. The work is painted on a black and blue background with a fine pasty brushstroke. Signed and dated by the author in red on the right: A. Platonov 93. The author's inscription in black: "Anatolii Heorhiiovych Platonov, born in 1927 Warsaw at night h/m, 81x71, d. created in 1993 Kherson, 51 Ushakova Ave."
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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