Scarce and immensely desirable 4.25 x 6.5 Russian cabinet photo of Tolstoy dressed in a traditional belted tunic and seated in a half-length pose with his hands clasped together, signed in the lower border in black ink by Tolstoy, who adds a date of October 26, 1906. Published by Scherer et Nabholz of Moscow in the early 1890s. Handsomely matted and framed to an overall size of 11.5 x 14.25. In very good to fine condition, with a vertical crease along the left side, just passing through the first letter of the signature. A tremendous portrait of the revered Russian novelist—this particular Scherer et Nabholz cabinet photo, desirable in its own right, is rarely signed by its influential subject.
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