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ALEKSEY IVANOVICH SAVELIEV. Astapovo Train Station, On the Right is the House in Which Lev Nikolayevich (Tolstoy) Died
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Title:
Astapovo Train Station, On the Right is the House in Which Lev Nikolayevich (Tolstoy) Died
Caption:
Astapovo Train Station, On the Right is the House in Which Lev Nikolayevich (Tolstoy) Died. Artist: Aleksey Ivanovich Saveliev (Russian, 1883-1923). Dimensions: Image: 8.9 x 13.3 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.). Date: 1910.
These six photo-postcards show various places and moments surrounding the death and burial of Leo Tolstoy. In November 1910 the eighty-two-year-old novelist walked away from his great wealth to devote himself to Christian charity and died in a stationmaster's house after falling ill on a train. Tolstoy's death was of tremendous national importance, and how he was to be mourned-whether to kneel or stand at the grave, for instance-signified a contrast between old and new that would be decided during the Russian Revolution seven years later.
Technique/material:
Gelatin silver print
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
4400 x 2822 px | 35.5 MB
Print size:
37.3 x 23.9 cm | 14.7 x 9.4 in (300 dpi)
