Sleeping Young Woman (1922) by Konstantin Somov Size:50x70 cm / 20x28″ this unframed print showcases delicate

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Sleeping Young Woman (1922) by Konstantin Somov Size:50x70 cm / 20x28″ this unframed print showcases delicateKonstantin Somovs Sleeping Young Woman (1922) turns rest into a charged private performance. Catalogued as a 1922 genre painting, it shows a young woman asleep on a richly dressed couch, her body framed by pillows, fabric and soft shadow. The sitter is not securely identified. Somov, a Mir Iskusstva artist, built worlds of Rococo artifice, erotic atmosphere and looking as theatre. His same sex erotic themes were later difficult for Russian art history