Odesa is free / Odesa vilna
ID:
5293
Updated:
08.04.2025
Name:
Odesa is free / Odesa vilna
Author:
Valentina Yakubich
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1957
Type:
Graphics
Technique of implementation:
Graphics, story painting
Materials:
Paper, etching
Dimensions:
49,5x31,8 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Г – 500, КП – 1498
Location of special signs:
On the back on paper
Description:
Cityscape. From the foreground into the depths of the composition there are stairs, at the top of the stairs there is a monument on a pedestal. In the right part of the composition, a soldier with his head uncovered is walking up the stairs, making a ¾ turn to the right, holding a pilot's cap in his right hand. At his feet are German flags and helmets. In the foreground on the left is a part of the column, cut off by the edge of the sheet. In the background are groups of people, and to the right and left are multi-story buildings, which are cut off by the edges of the sheet.
Under the image on the left is a graphite pencil: "Odesa in the Patriotic War", "Odesa is free", on the right - "Yakubych V. 1957".
On the reverse, lower right, in graphite pencil: "Yakubych V.I. Odesa is free. R № 14743 in. 6676".
General yellowing of the sheet. Along the left edge of the top creases. On the back - traces of mounting.
Under the image on the left is a graphite pencil: "Odesa in the Patriotic War", "Odesa is free", on the right - "Yakubych V. 1957".
On the reverse, lower right, in graphite pencil: "Yakubych V.I. Odesa is free. R № 14743 in. 6676".
General yellowing of the sheet. Along the left edge of the top creases. On the back - traces of mounting.
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
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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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