Antoine Gizenga
ID:
5271
Updated:
08.04.2025
Name:
Antoine Gizenga
Author:
Igor Stakhanov
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1962
Type:
Graphics
Technique of implementation:
Graphics, portrait
Materials:
Paper, linocut
Dimensions:
43,3x51 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Г – 476, КП – 1474
Location of special signs:
On the back on paper
Description:
On the left side of the sheet is a large-scale close-up image of a young black man on a white background. The head is turned ¾ to the left, and the figure turns to the right. On the right, against a light board background (from the center to the right edge), is text: GIZENG/BASS. Under the board is a small image of men's heads.
Under the print is a graphite pencil: "From the series 'Freedom Fighters' by Antoine Gizenga," signed by the author and dated 62. There are mounting marks in the upper margin.
Under the print is a graphite pencil: "From the series 'Freedom Fighters' by Antoine Gizenga," signed by the author and dated 62. There are mounting marks in the upper margin.
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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