ARMA puts up for auction 35 paintings from Medvedchuk’s collection
1 November 2024 08:18
A collection of paintings by former MP Viktor Medvedchuk will be sold at a Prozorro auction. 35 lots have already been placed there. This was reported by the Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA), "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
“The first 35 lots have already been published on Prozorro. Sale has already published the first 35 lots. Starting from today, the organizer will add new lots until the entire collection of the traitor, consisting of 136 paintings, is put up for sale,” the statement said.
According to the agency, the auction with Medvedchuk’s paintings will take place on November 13.
Earlier, this collection of 136 paintings was estimated at almost 4 million hryvnias.
Among the most expensive works:
- uAH 392.5 thousand – Composition with boats (author unknown),
- uAH 374.4 thousand – Afternoon in the Crimea (by Lev Vitikovsky),
- 349 thousand UAH – Three (by Konstantin Stoylov),
- uAH 284.8 thousand – Horses (author unknown),
- 170.1 thousand UAH – Act or Spaniard (by Serhiy Reznichenko),
- 170.1 thousand UAH – Still Life with a Chair (by Serhii Reznichenko),
- 175.8 thousand UAH – Girl with a Watermelon (by Serhii Reznichenko),
- 107.3 thousand UAH – Mountain landscape (by Mykhailo Sapatiuk),
- uAH 71.5 thousand – Crimean flavor (by Natalia Muravska),
- uAH 60.7 thousand – Christmas Day in Zhdeniyiv (by Yurii Herts),
- 54.2 thousand UAH – Bears in a pine forest (author unknown).
One of the cheapest paintings is a portrait of Medvedchuk himself, estimated at UAH 5.2 thousand.
The ARMA also emphasized that experts from the National Art Museum of Ukraine examined 285 paintings, of which 149 were recognized as having cultural and historical significance.
These paintings were planned to be transferred to museums in Ukraine, but the draft law No. 11280-1, which regulates the management of cultural property and other assets, did not receive the required number of votes in parliament.
Therefore, until the changes are approved, which the agency will initiate further, the paintings will be stored as material evidence at the National Art Museum.
Medvedchuk’s arrest
On April 12, 2022, Medvedchuk himself was arrested as a result of a special SBU operation. He is a defendant in several criminal cases of high treason and economic crimes.
on September 21, Viktor Medvedchuk was exchanged for Ukrainian soldiers held by Russia. As a result, 215 Ukrainian defenders were returned from captivity.
