Cranes are flying away / Vidlitaiut zhuravli
ID:
5252
Updated:
07.04.2025
Name:
Cranes are flying away / Vidlitaiut zhuravli
Author:
Alexander Reznikov
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1963
Type:
Graphics
Technique of implementation:
Graphics, landscape
Materials:
Paper, aquatint, varnish
Dimensions:
6,5x48,5 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Г – 457, КП – 1455
Location of special signs:
On the back on paper
Description:
Autumn landscape with a low horizon line. Almost in the center, on a hill, there are 2 birches with leaves flying off them and several trees with thin trunks, the tops cut off by the upper edge of the sheet. To the right is a small river that runs deep into the composition. On the bank are two overturned boats. In the cloudy sky is a flock of birds.
Under the image is a graphite pencil: "The cranes are flying away". On the right is the author's signature: O. Reznikov 1963. On the right: E.O. Reznikov. The cranes are flying away. M. varnish, aquatint 48.5 x 62.5 cm. 25530 in. 12302.
Yellowing of the white margin of the sheet.
Under the image is a graphite pencil: "The cranes are flying away". On the right is the author's signature: O. Reznikov 1963. On the right: E.O. Reznikov. The cranes are flying away. M. varnish, aquatint 48.5 x 62.5 cm. 25530 in. 12302.
Yellowing of the white margin of the sheet.
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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