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Autograph Letter Signed ("A. Chekhov") in Russian to I. V. Tsinger, regarding a signed photograph, 1 p with integral address on verso, 8vo (170 x 100 mm), Yalta, February 14, 1900, in black ink, fold creases small tear (repaired with tape). AN UNPUBLISHED CHEKHOV LETTER. Translated in full: "My dear Ivan Vasilevich! I do not have the portrait that my sister showed you. Not as reference, and in the photos either. I will not be back in the city soon, so I handled it by phone and the photographer assured me that the portrait could be ready in 2-3 days. I asked that, without wasting any time, to send me a card on which the photograph will be pasted, I will receive it tomorrow and sign it, and in this way you will be sent my portrait with the signature. I wish you all the best, A. Chekhov 14 February, Yalta." The verso with postal stamps of February 15th and 19th reads: "Moscow. His Excellency Ivan Vasilevich Tsinger. Karetnyi Ryad. The Art Theater." In January 1901, Stanislavsky directed and appeared in Chekhov's Three Sisters that Chekhov was writing while convalescing in Yalta. Although the State Lenin Library contains one letter from Tsinger to Chekhov, none other from the playwright addressed to Tsinger has been located.