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CARUSO, ENRICO

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:750.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD
CARUSO, ENRICO
<b>334. ENRICO CARUSO</b> (1873 - 1921) Italian tenor and very possibly the greatest of all time. His repertoire was comprised of over 40 operas, especially <i>I Pagliacci</i> and <i>La Boheme</i>. Superb signed drawing, a wonderful self-portrait showing the tenor's mischievously smiling face in a close-up, boldly executed in brown ink on a 8" x 10" sheet of stationery from the Hotel Knickerbocker in New York while there for an Italian festal at the Unitarian Church held on Dec. 5, 1918. Boldly signed beneath: "<i>Enrico Caruso 11.4.198</i>". In near fine condition, with just the slightest toning consistent with age. Along with a T.L.S. from Caruso's secretary sending the drawing (in very poor and fragile shape).<b> $1,500-2,000</b>