Party / Vechirka
ID:
5157
Updated:
02.04.2025
Name:
Party / Vechirka
Author:
Ivan Starenkov
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1996
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, group portrait
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
70x56 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1512, КП – 6490
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Four musicians (three male figures and a female) are depicted on a red and brown spotted background. In the center is a man wearing a hat and holding a stretched accordion. Behind him, almost full-length, are: on the left - a young woman with a short haircut, wearing a red dress with her hands raised (in her right hand is a tambourine); in the center - wearing a cap and a yellow jacket - playing the flute; on the right - a tall man with a hat, playing the saxophone. The men's faces are depicted in generalized terms and painted in contrast: in the light, they are light ochre, in the shade, dark brown. The image is painted in yellow-green in the lower right corner: Starenkov. On the back - in the upper left corner in gray: "Party" 56/70 x. m. Starenkov I.I. 1996. The image shows small pinpoints of the canvas. The painting is covered with a thick layer of shiny varnish. It was applied with a brush in horizontal stripes.
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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