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拍品 290
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TOLSTOY, LEO. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, TO OCTAVE MIRBEAU

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描述

  • Highly important autograph letter signed ("Leo Tolstoy"), in French, to Octave Mirbeau, the French journalist, critic, and novelist ("Cher Confrère") comparing the natures of French and Russian art as an expression of a common humanity, citing the works of Rousseau and Dostoevsky, and stressing the importance of Rousseau on his own writing
2 pages (10 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.; 260 x 206 mm) on paper, single onion skin sheet folded, written in French in black ink. Dated "12 Octobre 1903" and signed "Léon Tolstoy"; minor creasing.