Man With Cucumbers.
 
Oil on canvas. 20"x24"
2001.
Available
 
This is a portrait of poet Alexander Hrenov, who died in 1996 in St. Petersburg from substance abuse. Those of you familiar with 19th century Russian art may notice that this composition was inspired by Serov's Girl With Peaches.
 
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