Scarce and highly desirable 10 x 13 print of Ilya Repin's 1901 portrait of Tolstoy, published by Gesellschaft in Berlin, signed in the lower border in ink by the revered Russian author in Cyrillic, "Lev Tolstoy," and dated 1908. Nicely matted to an overall size of 14.25 x 17.75. In fine condition, with some dampstaining to the lower border which has been matted out.
Ilya Repin and Leo Tolstoy were close friends for many years, and the writer was the subject of multiple portraits. This example, a close-up crop of an image of Tolstoy standing barefoot in his garden, conveys the writer's state of concentration and self-immersion as he aspired to adopt a simple life. A superlative image, rarely seen in signed examples of this impressive size.
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