MacDougall Auctions 15 June 2007

15 June 2007

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A Half-Length Portrait of Lev Nikolaevitch Tolstoy

37. TROUBETZKOY, PAUL 1866-1938

A Half-Length Portrait of Lev Nikolaevitch Tolstoy signed Paul Troubetzkoy, inscribed in Cyrillic and dated 1908.

Bronze, dark brown, green and mid brown patination on a marble base, height 39 cm.
15,000-20,000 Pounds


Provenance: Piccolo Collection, Milan, Italy.

Literature: P. Kjellberg, Les Bronzes du X1Xe Siecle, Les Editions de L'Amateur, 1986, p. 629–634.
M. Forrest, Art Bronzes,

Schiffer Publications Ltd, Pennsylvania 1988, p. 354–355.
Alberti Libraio Editor, Paolo Troubetzkoy Scultore, pp.148–149.


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