Inscribed to Jean-Paul Laurens. 1902

Name: Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910)
Brand: Inscribed to Jean-Paul Laurens. 1902
Price: 4500.00 GBP
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Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910)

Inscribed to Jean-Paul Laurens. 1902

Price Realised GBP 5,625

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Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910)
Inscribed to Jean-Paul Laurens. 1902
Cabinet photograph signed ('Léon Tolstoy') and inscribed 'A Jean-Paul Laurens', n.p., 15 September 1902.

The image by Scherer et Nabholz, Moscow, 141 x 102mm, mount 164 x 107mm. Inscribed in French on mount.

A portrait for an artist. Jean-Paul Laurens (1838-1921) was a celebrated French painter and sculptor of strong anti-clerical and republican convictions. He painted at least one scene inspired by a Tolstoy work – depicting Maslova in prison, from Tolstoy's last novel Resurrection (1899).

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