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Three photo portraits and a gift inscription by Methodius Lukyanov, a friend of Konstantin Somov. - Description: Photo. Unknown workshop. 15x11 cm (on passepartout 32x22) There is a handwritten letter (gift inscription) in Russian from M.G. Lukyanov to K.A. Somov on the back of one portrait (dated November 15, 1915): On the back of one: a handwritten letter (gift inscription) from M.G. Lukyanov to K.A. Somov (dated November 15, 1915). If translated: ”To dear first friend Konstantin Andreevich Somov, as a sign of the most sincere and devoted love and friendship Dear Kostya, remember / your Mioka and do not / scold him harshly for the tricks / that he does [Caption]”. Information: Konstantin Andreevich Somov (1869-1939) was a painter and graphic artist, book illustrator, one of the founders of the association ”Mir iskusstva” (World of Art). Methodius Georgievich Lukyanov (1892-1932) was a model and friend of the artist K.A. Somov. Defects: Condition report by request.