TROTSKY LEON Photograph Signed and Inscribed to American wri

Sale 2259 - Lot 157

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TROTSKY'S SON TROTSKY, LEON. Photograph Signed and Inscribed, to American writer and activist Waldo Frank, in French, bust portrait, showing his son, Sergei Sedov: "To Waldo Frank. My son Sergei Sedov, whom Stalin accused of plotting the mass murder of workers." Inscribed on the mount, above and below the image. 6 3/4x4 3/4 inches (image), 10x7 inches overall; minor silvering to dark areas. Np, 1 March 1937

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Sergei Sedov (1908-1937) was accused of poisoning workers in the January 27, 1937 issue of Pravda, and was sentenced to be executed on October 29 of the same year, although he may have died in a prison uprising before his sentence could be carried out.