Auction Date:2010 Jun 16 @ 10:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Vintage 4.25 x 6.5 bust cabinet portrait, signed and inscribed in black ink to Laura Sedgwick Collins, a student of his at the National Conservatory, “Antonin Dvorák, New York 18 [sic] 18/5 94.” Some light surface marks and chips to bottom edge, subtle toning on reverse, which has been professionally cleaned (the effect of which is wholly unobtrusive), otherwise fine condition. The image, which has been reproduced in a number of sources, including the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, was originally taken in Spillville, Iowa, in 1893.
From 1892 to 1895, Dvorák was the director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York City, earning a then-staggering annual salary $15,000. His main goal at the time was to discover “American music” and use it in his works, much as he had earlier with Czech folk music. At the time this image was taken, he was with his family in the Czech-speaking community of Spillville, a town to some of his cousins had earlier immigrated. While there he composed the String Quartet in F (the "American"), and the String Quintet in E flat, as well as a Sonatina for violin and piano. He also conducted a performance of his Eighth Symphony at the 1883 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. A familiar image signed by one of the greats.
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