Help identify the artist and to assess the situation
 

Pomogite pozalujsto opredelit hudoznika i ozenit kartinu. Preset blagodary.

Razmer 100*74

Na kartone,smeshanaja tehnika.

It I. E. Repin! (as a guess) :cool:

Weird, though.

Pochemu strannovatij?

It's a fake! Friends joke so:shy:

PS: look Closely at how the Cossack "tucked a pistol (well, the artist was obviously trying to portray)":rolleyes:, direct in the "briefs" makers:D!
Painted woman, IMHO.

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Ooj nasmeshili)))))))):D

Signature, in my opinion, unconvincing.
Drawn above average, but not repinski: fingers-sausages, hands are not modeled as it could Repin.
And why he does on the side?

alenkakuzmina, unfortunately nothing from Repin no in this work.
Neither the letter was not his nor the signature is not his.
The painting is very weak for such a great Wizard!
And the signature matches.
One word-then,and not repine!