Ay, ay, Michel, You Already Have Gray Hair

ID:: 1135
Inventory number:: Гр-448 КН-14929
Type:: Graphics
Material:: paper
Dimensions:: 18.5x25 cm
Author:: Pavlo Fedotov; Pavlo Andriiovych Fedotov was a Russian painter and graphic artist, academician of painting, one of the founders of realism in Russian painting. Born on June 22 (July 4), 1815 in Moscow. He attended evening drawing classes at the Academy of Arts. The artist's vocation was genre painting. He painted the works "Fresh Cavalier", "Discerning Bride", "Matchmaking of the Major", "Widow". In 1848, the Council of the Academy recognized the artist as an academician. During the short period of his work, the artist painted a huge number of paintings. His pencil sketches depicting everyday scenes from the lives of ordinary people are also preserved. One of such sketches was kept in the funds of the Mariupol Museum of Local Lore. The artist's delicate nature experienced strong stress, which affected his health. In 1852, he showed signs of a mental disorder. Six months later, Academician of Painting Pavel Fedotov died in hospital. The artist was buried at the Smolensk Cemetery in St. Petersburg.
Preservation:: There is yellowing of the paper at the bottom of the sheet. There are paper tears in three places on the right.
Location:: unknown
Provenance:: Donated to the museum by artist A. Shepeliuk (Moscow). Recorded in the inventory on 11/21/1967. Act number is unknown.
Date of record to the inventory book:: 13.11.1981

Item description from the inventory book:

In the center of the image a man sitting is on a chair in an officer's uniform. In his right hand he holds a long smoking pipe. His left hand rests on a nearby table. There is also a vase with fruit. Beside the table there is a chair. Behind the man a young woman stands. Hairstyle — a center part; the hair at the back is gathered into a bun tied with a ribbon. Both her hands are on the man's head. Bottom left — the author's signature: Fedotov.