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Grinberg, Alexander
(1885-1979)Portrait of Maxim Gorky

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Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Portrait of Maxim Gorky. 1928/29. Vintage gelatin silver print. 27,7 x 11,8 cm. Signed and annotated by the photographer in ink and annotated by another hand in pencil on the verso.

Maxim Gorky (born Alexei Maximovich Peshkov) was a central figure in Russian and Soviet literature and a committed advocate of socialist ideals. Nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature, he rose to prominence through works shaped by his early years of hardship and extensive travels across the Russian Empire, during which he held a wide range of jobs. These formative experiences informed his literary voice and subject matter. Gorky maintained close ties with leading contemporaries such as Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov, both of whom he later reflected upon in his memoirs.