Modern critics have not been too flattering about this canvas. According to them, “he has a real, academic drawing. That’s just in the” coloring “Mashkov conditional.”
The description of the picture, presented for the first time at the exhibition, read as follows: “In the middle of the room Mashkov and Konchalovsky are sitting next to them. Their entire costume consists of short black panties. And what an athletic figure! and strong. Naked Mashkov is going to play the violin. A friend of him holds notes. Right there, the piano bared his glittering white keys. There was a coffee and a bottle of benedictine on the table. The boys were sitting there pretty badly! friends were engaged in athletics, cultivating their powerful muscles.
Then, they had a delicious breakfast and, having fun, they played music. But Konchalovsky and Mashkov are not only engaged in squeezing and pushing out, not only drinking Benedictine and playing music, they also read a lot. Over Mashkov’s head is a shelf with books. And in 20 steps you freely read the fat, distinct inscriptions of the roots: “Assyria”, “Babylonia”, “Egypt”, “Bible”. Apparently, Mashkov wrote this pretty portrait shortly after returning from some kind of hot, exotic bathing, for the body of both of them is brown, like burnt clay. And their faces are swarthy, like those of the Moors. “
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