This work, above all, a self-portrait of the artist: the author depicted herself against the background of the studio walls hung with paintings. Vigorous expressive painting creates an image of a calm, self-confident strong woman. The color accent of the painting is bright warm colors of orange-yellow lilies against the background of cold white-bluish tones of the blouse.
The chair depicted in the background can be regarded as a reference to the famous “portraits” of Van Gogh’s authorship chairs.
In the hall of the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val, Goncharova’s self-portrait hangs next to the self-portrait of Mikhail Larionov, compositional repetition of his wife’s portrait, as well as a kind of head-dress in the form of a carelessly tied turban.
Related Paintings
Yellow and green forest by Natalia Goncharova 
Portrait of A. S. Dargomyzhsky by Konstantin Makovsky 
Portrait of MF Larionov by Natalia Goncharova 
Autorretrato con lirios amarillos – Natalia Goncharova 
Peacock under the bright sun by Natalia Goncharova 
The Virgin and Child by Natalia Goncharova 
Breakfast by Natalia Goncharova 
Bathing horses by Natalia Goncharova