A part of Viktor Medvedchuk’s collection of paintings has already been appraised and is being prepared for sale
25 October 2024 00:32
The Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA) has received an independent assessment of 136 paintings by high-profile traitor Viktor Medvedchuk. The agency informs the public about this on its website, Komersant ukrainskyi
reports.
The appraisal was carried out by the winner selected by the Commission for the Sale of Seized Assets, Tender Online. The entire collection was divided into two parts. 149 paintings have cultural value and are expensive, while 136 paintings were valued at almost UAH 4 million. According to experts from the National Art Museum of Ukraine, these 136 paintings have no cultural or historical value and can therefore be sold at auction.
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 Kostiantyn Stoylov),
284.8 thousand UAH – Horses (author unknown),
170.1 thousand UAH – Act or Spaniard (by Serhii 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 Aroma (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, valued at UAH 5.2 thousand.
According to the Asset Recovery and Management Agency, each painting with a photo and a corresponding estimate will be available on Prozorro. Sale. The National Agency plans to divide each painting into a separate lot.
The Agency also reminded that the experts of the National Art Museum of Ukraine examined a total of 285 paintings. Of these, 149 paintings were recognised as having cultural and historical value. These 149 paintings are to be transferred to Ukrainian museums.
