Night city lights / Vohni nichnoho mista
ID:
5199
Updated:
07.04.2025
Name:
Night city lights / Vohni nichnoho mista
Author:
Mikola Berezhny
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
XX century AD
Type:
Graphics
Technique of implementation:
Graphics, cityscape
Materials:
Paper, watercolour
Dimensions:
81,5x64 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Г – 376, КП – 932
Location of special signs:
On the back on paper or cardboard
Description:
In the foreground is a large square with a lot of cars, separated on the left and right by two tall buildings with luminous windows. In the center, in the depths, there is a brightly lit two-story round building with a balustrade along the cornice, arched windows on the second floor, a projecting facade with an arched window and paired columns. The sky is dark blue.
In the lower right corner is a signature in black paint: "N. Berezhniy". Top center in graphite pencil: "Berezhnoy Nicholas. Odesa. Opera House in the evening".
Laid in.
In the lower right corner is a signature in black paint: "N. Berezhniy". Top center in graphite pencil: "Berezhnoy Nicholas. Odesa. Opera House in the evening".
Laid in.
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:
Links
Archive links
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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