Photographs by a Russian Writer An Undiscovered Portrait of Pre-revolutionary Russia

Discovered in Paris in 1987, these 80 color and 30 bandw photographs, taken about 1910-14, are artistic studies of the expressionist Russian writer, his family and friends, his home, and the countryside around St. Petersburg. Includes a biographical essay and a review of the Lumiere autochrome photographic process. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR