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Lot 65
Sale 722 - The Virtuoso Collection: Opera Memorabilia sold to Benefit Lyric Opera of Chicago
Oct 1, 2019
10:00AM CT
Timed Online / Chicago
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200
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$406
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Lot Description
CARUSO, Enrico (1873-1921). Caruso’s Book. Being a Collection of Caricatures and Character Studies from Original Drawings of the Metropolitan Opera Company by Caruso. New York: Robert Grier Cooke, Inc. 1906.
Quarto. 46 plates illustrating handcolored caricatures by Caruso. Original publisher's boards, modern morocco backing, label mounted to upper cover (slight wear to corners). Provenance: Sir John Barbirolli? (inscription from the Enrico Carnegie Society of N.Y.).
LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY CARUSO. GIfted to "Sir John" on the occasion of his recital at Carnegie Hall, June 1960.
The Virtuoso Collection: Opera Memorabilia sold to Benefit Lyric Opera of Chicago