Lot Essay
For a similar bust of Tolstoi of 1899 see Gianna Piantoni and Paolo Venturoli, Paolo Troubetzkoi 1866-1938, (Turin, 1990), p.139, no.77.
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SIGNED PAOLO. TROUBETZKOY
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A Bronze bust of Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoi
signed Paolo. Troubetzkoy
The half-length figure of Tolstoi depicted with crossed arms, wearing a loose shirt, on square cut-cornered base, signed on base below left arm
14 x 11½ x 11¼ in. (35.5 x 29.2 x 28 cm.)
signed Paolo. Troubetzkoy
The half-length figure of Tolstoi depicted with crossed arms, wearing a loose shirt, on square cut-cornered base, signed on base below left arm
14 x 11½ x 11¼ in. (35.5 x 29.2 x 28 cm.)