November 8, 2008 – Januray 1, 2009

Song Without Words
The Photographs of Countess Sophia Tolstoy

Never before published, 70 photographs made between 1885 and 1910 by Sophia Andreyevna Tolstoy comprise this National Geographic exhibition made possible with academic and logistical support from the Tolstoy State Museum in Moscow and the Tolstoy estate at Yasnaya Polyana. From
a thousand photographs depicting the everyday life of an aristocratic family—domestic scenes and landscapes along with Leo Tolstoy’s celebrity visitors—the photographs reveal the Countess’ intriguing life, while portraying a time, a place, and an existence that would soon disappear.