Zinaida Serebryakova from the village of Neskuchne comes to life at the dressing table in… an American girl
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Zinaida Serebryakova. House in Neskuchne (1910) and self-portrait “Behind the Toilet” (2025). Collage by Olena Zelenina.
"Behind the toilet. Self-portrait” is one of the most famous paintings by the outstanding artist Zinaida Evgenievna Serebryakova (1884-1967). In front of the viewer is a young woman at her morning toilet. She has her right hand clasped around her long brown hair and is combing it with a black comb.
Your columnist was quite surprised when she saw a note in one of the latest issues of the New York Post stating that 22-year-old American Riley Madison Ladner had revealed a resemblance to the heroine of the self-portrait.
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