Old quarry. Study / Staryi karer. Etud
ID:
5139
Updated:
02.04.2025
Name:
Old quarry. Study / Staryi karer. Etud
Author:
Viktor Spirin
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1984
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, landscape
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
35x50 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1464, КП – 6364
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
A summer mountain motif, where 2/3 of the composition is occupied by a large quarry, sometimes covered with shrubs and stones. In the foreground, at the bottom, there is a sandstone pit, with a tall green bush nearby. In the distance, behind an embankment, there is an excavator. The sky is light blue, cloudy. Ocher colors prevail.
In the lower center is the author's signature and date: V. Spirin 1984.
In the lower center is the author's signature and date: V. Spirin 1984.
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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