![Ilya Abramovich GRINMAN (1875-1944)
Portrait of Leo Tolstoy, 1908
Chalk and pencil with white highlights.
Signed, located "Ясная Поляна" (Iasnaya Poliana) and dated lower right.
61 x 47 cm
In his book "У Льва Толстого (из дневника художника Гринмана)", published in Moscow in 1910, I. Grinman recounts the circumstances in which on May 29, 1908 in Iasnaya Poliana, he drew in pencil in his album several portraits of Tolstoy from life but failed to get Tolstoy to pose for him.
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Ilya Abramovich GRINMAN (1875-1944) Portrait of Leo Tolstoy, 1908 Chalk and pencil with white highlights. Signed, located "Ясная Поляна" (Iasnaya Poliana) and dated lower right. 61 x 47 cm In his book "У Льва Толстого (из дневника художника Гринмана)", published in Moscow in 1910, I. Grinman recounts the circumstances in which on May 29, 1908 in Iasnaya Poliana, he drew in pencil in his album several portraits of Tolstoy from life but failed to get Tolstoy to pose for him. [Russian art]
Estimate
€1,000 - €1,500
Result
€1,318
Buyer's premium
30%
Ilya Abramovich GRINMAN (1875-1944)
Portrait of Leo Tolstoy, 1908
Chalk and pencil with white highlights.
Signed, located "Ясная Поляна" (Iasnaya Poliana) and dated lower right.
61 x 47 cm
In his book "У Льва Толстого (из дневника художника Гринмана)", published in Moscow in 1910, I. Grinman recounts the circumstances in which on May 29, 1908 in Iasnaya Poliana, he drew in pencil in his album several portraits of Tolstoy from life but failed to get Tolstoy to pose for him.
[Russian art]
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