Illustration for the poem "The Witch" by T. H. Shevchenko / Iliustratsiia do poemy T.H. Shevchenka "Vidma"
ID:
5282
Updated:
08.04.2025
Name:
Illustration for the poem "The Witch" by T. H. Shevchenko / Iliustratsiia do poemy T.H. Shevchenka "Vidma"
Author:
Ivan Filonov
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1961
Type:
Graphics
Technique of implementation:
Graphics, plot picture
Materials:
Paper, etching, soft varnish, aquatint
Dimensions:
31x41 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Г – 488, КП – 1486
Location of special signs:
On the back on paper
Description:
A night landscape. There is a small fire in the center, and an elderly woman with her hair down to her shoulders is holding out her hands to the flames. Opposite her, with his back to the viewer, sits a man with a pipe in his mouth. At the back of the composition are women leaning into the fire. They are dressed in long skirts and headscarves. A man and a girl are sitting between them. Above is the pole of a tent illuminated by the fire, and to the left is part of a cart. Under the image is the author's signature on the right.
On the back, in pencil in the center: "Illustration to Shevchenko's poem "The Witch" by art. Filonov I.N. M.N. Boyarka, Malyariv IV 10/52 reg. №21930 inv. № 9855". Light yellowing and grooving of the sheet. Traces of printing ink and a stain on the back.
On the back, in pencil in the center: "Illustration to Shevchenko's poem "The Witch" by art. Filonov I.N. M.N. Boyarka, Malyariv IV 10/52 reg. №21930 inv. № 9855". Light yellowing and grooving of the sheet. Traces of printing ink and a stain on the back.
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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