Olesia Troianskaia posing in clown make-up, Moscow, undated
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Olesia Troianskaia posing in clown make-up, Moscow, undated

Maker: Unknown

Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
Country: Soviet Union
Materials: photographic paper; emulsion
Method: photographic prints
Measurements: 8 7/8 in x 7 in (22.6 cm x 17.8 cm)
Language: zxx
Genre/Form: black-and-white photographs

Olesia Troianskaia poses in clown makeup at her flat in Moscow. At left, she sits in 3/4 profile, facing slightly right. A long knitted scarf wraps around her neck and shoulders. She reaches her hand nearest to camera to her opposite shoulder. Olesia's makeup features a large teardrop on her cheek, exaggerated, down-turned lips, exaggerated eyebrows and four triangles around each eye. Behind and to the right of her, a surrealist mural is painted on the wall. The mural features a stylized portrait of a person's head in 3/4 profile, facing right which is supported by what appears to be a tree trunk.

Collection/Series: Soviet Hippie Collection
Sub-series: Veronika Voloshina Collection
Accession Number: 2018.008.010


		

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