Spring in Bulgaria / Vesna v Bolharii
ID:
5224
Updated:
07.04.2025
Name:
Spring in Bulgaria / Vesna v Bolharii
Author:
Vasyl Mironenko
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1957
Type:
Graphics
Technique of implementation:
Graphics, cityscape
Materials:
Paper, colour etching
Dimensions:
64,5x47,5 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Г – 401, КП – 1399
Location of special signs:
On the back on paper or cardboard
Description:
Spring rural landscape. In the foreground, three trees are growing on a low-lying surface overgrown with grass. In the background, near the fence, almost in the center, are female figures in brightly colored clothes. To the right, behind a low brick fence, are one-story houses. In the background are blue mountains. The sky is bright blue with white cirrus clouds. The bottom left of the image is black: V. Myronenko 1957". Below the image on the left: "Spring in Bulgaria", on the right: the author's signature and the year 1957. Inscribed in graphite pencil at the bottom right: "Mironenko V.F. Spring in Bulgaria. Reg. No. 14482, inv. No. 6686 of the State House of Artists". Yellowing of the sheet. Traces of glue in the margins, mounting marks at the top.
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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