
Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
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Elizaveta Feodorovna Lanzide (1903-1986), 'Lilia', was an artist, who graduated from the Shtiglitz Academy of Fine Arts. Her grandmother was the cousin of the famous Russian writer, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev. In her diary Lilia wrote about Kosmin: This short acquaintance became a life-long friendship. He wrote this himself in the notes on postcards of my portrait that he sent me numerous times. ... I was so young and loved by my parents. I just wanted to become an artist and guarded my freedom at the time. All of this is seen in my portrait.
Please note that the name of the sitter is Landezen,not Lanzide as stated in the catalogue.