April 26 / 26 kvitnia
ID:
5150
Updated:
02.04.2025
Name:
April 26 / 26 kvitnia
Author:
Vira Barynova-Kuleba
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1991
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, plot
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
100x80 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1490, КП – 6418
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
A nude young woman lying on her back with her head turned to the left. Her head is tilted to the right shoulder. Her legs are bent at the knees. Arms are along the torso. Facial features are barely outlined. The eyes are closed. She is lying on a blue surface imitating water, which covers her arms, hips, part of her abdomen and legs with a transparent layer. At the bottom edge, on the right and above, there are dark multi-colored oblique stripes. In the lower right corner in black paint is Vira B.K. On the reverse side, in the upper right corner: Barinova-Kuleba Vira Ivanivna. Oil on canvas 1991 80x100 "April 26". On the crossbar of the stretcher passport of the State Treasury of Ukraine inv. № 2272 - g.
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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