Gerasimov studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture 1903–1915. Here, he was an advocate for the traditional realistic representational art against the avant-garde. Later, his artistic style in general was a combination of academic realism with an impressionistic light touch. Gerasimov became known for painting portraits, landscapes, still lifes and folk types.

Provenance: Present to the National Association for Cooperation between Denmark and the Soviet Union in the 1960s from the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (1894–1971). However, the painting was stored in Denmark for some years, as the national association did not have room for it anywhere. In 1975, the Soviet state acquired the building in Vestervoldgade 11, Copenhagen, for the national association. The building became a cultural centre, called the “Friendship House”, and the painting was hung in the hall. The work of the national association was, among other things, cultural exchange such as Soviet ballet and theater performances or art exhibitions in Copenhagen. At these events, Ingmar Kurt Wagner (1921–1997) was always the leader and contact person. He was a member of the parliament for Denmark's Communist Party 1953–1957 and for many years also party secretary and international secretary. In addition, Ingmar Kurt Wagner was deputy chairman of the national association from 1974 to 1992. With the fall of the Soviet Union in 1992, the institution changed its name to the Danish-Russian Association and the building had to be cleaned up of equipment from the days of communism. The painting by Gerasimov was given to Ingmar Kurt Wagner, who kept it hanging in his home until his death, after which his daughter inherited the painting. It is now being auctioned by his grandson, resident in Denmark. He has told this provenance and can well remember the painting hanging at Vestervoldgade 11, later at his maternal grandfather's home and finally at his mother's home.