Chaliapin (Feodor Ivanovich)

Vintage sepia toned head and shoulders photograph of Russian Opera singer Feodor Chaliapin, signed and inscribed in fountain pen ink "To Mr Fred Bason, Souvenir of F. Chaliapin, 1928" along the right margin, some age-related toning and surface dirt, remnants of previous mount to the reverse, 22 x 17.7cm.

PROVENANCE: from the estate of English bookseller and writer Fred Bason (1907-1973)