A few examples of appraisal values for
SOPRANO

• RICHARD GEORGE MATHEWS, MISS OSCA
  RICHARD GEORGE MATHEWS, MISS OSCA MARAHRichard George Mathews (Canadian, 1870-1955), Miss Osca Marah, Pastel and Watercolor, 1912, the Australian soprano depicted in profile with head wrap, signed and inscribed lower left. Frame size: 20 i
• C.F. MARTIN & CO. SOPRANO UKULELE
  C.F. MARTIN & CO. SOPRANO UKULELE United States,20th CenturySoprano ukulele comprised of mahogany with rosewood fingerboard.
• CIGAR AFICIONADO SOPRANOS CAST
  CIGAR AFICIONADO SOPRANOS CAST SIGNED POSTER 2003; shadow box framed cast poster with signatures of James Gandolfini, Michael Imperoli, Steven Van Zandt, Dominic Chianese, and Tony Sirico, with pair of Cohiba cigars and four bullets, beautifully matted and framed, frame 37 x 36 in., with COA.
• (2) Musical Instruments, c/o
  (2) Musical Instruments, c/o Buescher Aristocrat flute, serial #300233, with case (pads need replacing), & Rudolf Otto Markneukirchen turned wood soprano recorder
• AL HIRSCHFELD (AMERICAN, 1903-2003)
  AL HIRSCHFELD (AMERICAN, 1903-2003) Lithograph. The Sopranos. Signed lower right. No. 3 from an edition of 100. From a Pelham, NY collection. Dimensions: 15.25" high x 21.75" wide Condition: Unframed. Good.
• ALBERT HIRSCHFELD (AMERICAN,
  ALBERT HIRSCHFELD (AMERICAN, 1903-2003). Grouping of three prints. To include "Sopranos", "Sinatra", and "The Summit". All pencil signed and numbered, with certificates of authenticity. From a New York collection. Dimensions from "22.5" high x 18.25" wide to 29.75" high x 22.75" wide. Condition: Unframed. Good.
• PAIR OF BALINESE (DRAGONS) ARMBANDS
  PAIR OF BALINESE (DRAGONS) ARMBANDS & OTHERSA pair of Balinese armbands, the malleable frame covered in gilt mesh with figural dragon finials (condition noted, requires restoration), embellished with cut crystal paste stones. b. Matching screw back pair of earrings, and another similar (1). Two Siam sterling silver cuff bracelets with traditional decorations. Provenance: the Estate of Eva Gauthier (famous mezzo-soprano, 1885-1958), Ottawa. Note: photo showing Eva Gauthier wearing the dragon bracelets, Source: Canada's History.
• RARE TIBETAN GILT REPOUSSé &
  RARE TIBETAN GILT REPOUSSé & HARDSTONE NECKLACEA rare Tibetan gilt repoussé and hardstone necklace, decorated with turquoise and coloured stones, centered by a gilt Tibetan snow lion, along with a matching ring. Late 19th Century. Condition, loss of stones. Provenance: The Estate of Eva Gauthier (Famous Mezzo-Soprano), Ottawa.
• ANTIQUE CARVED JADE PINAn unusual
  ANTIQUE CARVED JADE PINAn unusual carved jade pin with the end in the form of a small spoon. Mounted into a silver holder. Condition. loss to holder. 7.75" long. Provenance: The Estate of Eva Gauthier, Ottawa. Note: Ida Joséphine Phoebe Éva Gauthier (1885-1958) was a Canadian mezzo-soprano, and voice teacher. She performed and popularized songs by contemporary composers throughout her career and sang in the American premieres of several works by Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky, in the title role in the latter's Persephone. With Lady Zoe Laurier and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and Lord Strathcona as her patrons, Eva Gauthier initially trained and performed in Europe. She then travelled to Java, and for 4 years, immersed herself in its native music, which she introduced to North American audiences on her return. She retired from performing in 1937, and opened a voice studio in New York, where she became a founding member of the American Guild of Musical Artists and served on its board of governors. Gauthier was praised for the many qualities her singing brought to music. The citation from the Campion Society of San Francisco, which she received in 1949, said: "...her rare open-mindedness and unorthodox enthusiasm having been initially responsible for the recognition of many vital and important modern composers". (Source: Wikipedia).
• CHINESE JADE FLORAL PENDANT &
  CHINESE JADE FLORAL PENDANT & NECKLACEA Chinese jade floral pendant and (long) necklace, the pendant carved in the form of a lily, the beads of the necklace each individually carved. Condition, loss to flower. Necklace 24” long, pendant is 3.5" x 2.25". Early 20th Century. Provenance: The Estate of Eva Gauthier, Ottawa. Note: Ida Joséphine Phoebe Éva Gauthier (1885-1958) was a Canadian mezzo-soprano, and voice teacher. She performed and popularized songs by contemporary composers throughout her career and sang in the American premieres of several works by Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky, in the title role in the latter's Persephone. With Lady Zoe Laurier and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and Lord Strathcona as her patrons, Eva Gauthier initially trained and performed in Europe. She then travelled to Java, and for 4 years, immersed herself in its native music, which she introduced to North American audiences on her return. She retired from performing in 1937, and opened a voice studio in New York, where she became a founding member of the American Guild of Musical Artists and served on its board of governors. Gauthier was praised for the many qualities her singing brought to music. The citation from the Campion Society of San Francisco, which she received in 1949, said: "...her rare open-mindedness and unorthodox enthusiasm having been initially responsible for the recognition of many vital and important modern composers". (Source: Wikipedia).
• CHINESE WHITE & GREEN JADEITE
  CHINESE WHITE & GREEN JADEITE NECKLACEA Chinese white and green jadeite necklace decorated with alternating light and dark green jade balls. Mid 20th Century. Possibly re-strung. Provenance: The Estate of Eva Gauthier, Ottawa. Note: Ida Joséphine Phoebe Éva Gauthier (1885-1958) was a Canadian mezzo-soprano, and voice teacher. She performed and popularized songs by contemporary composers throughout her career and sang in the American premieres of several works by Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky, in the title role in the latter's Persephone. With Lady Zoe Laurier and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and Lord Strathcona as her patrons, Eva Gauthier initially trained and performed in Europe. She then travelled to Java, and for 4 years, immersed herself in its native music, which she introduced to North American audiences on her return. She retired from performing in 1937, and opened a voice studio in New York, where she became a founding member of the American Guild of Musical Artists and served on its board of governors. Gauthier was praised for the many qualities her singing brought to music. The citation from the Campion Society of San Francisco, which she received in 1949, said: "...her rare open-mindedness and unorthodox enthusiasm having been initially responsible for the recognition of many vital and important modern composers". (Source: Wikipedia).
• LARGE ANTIQUE CHINESE JADE
  LARGE ANTIQUE CHINESE JADE BUTTONSFour (4) large antique Chinese jade buttons, 2 of floral form and 2 carved and reticulated. Condition to edge of petal of one, few claws missing. Largest, over 2" diameter. Provenance: The Estate of Eva Gauthier, Ottawa. Note: Ida Joséphine Phoebe Éva Gauthier (1885-1958) was a Canadian mezzo-soprano, and voice teacher. She performed and popularized songs by contemporary composers throughout her career and sang in the American premieres of several works by Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky, in the title role in the latter's Persephone. With Lady Zoe Laurier and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and Lord Strathcona as her patrons, Eva Gauthier initially trained and performed in Europe. She then travelled to Java, and for 4 years, immersed herself in its native music, which she introduced to North American audiences on her return. She retired from performing in 1937, and opened a voice studio in New York, where she became a founding member of the American Guild of Musical Artists and served on its board of governors. Gauthier was praised for the many qualities her singing brought to music. The citation from the Campion Society of San Francisco, which she received in 1949, said: "...her rare open-mindedness and unorthodox enthusiasm having been initially responsible for the recognition of many vital and important modern composers". (Source: Wikipedia).
• CHINESE JADEITE PEPPER-FORM
  CHINESE JADEITE PEPPER-FORM NECKLACEA Chinese jadeite pepper-form necklace, the mounted jade pieces carved with insects in relief, fitted with a silver chain. Early 20th Century. Condition: repaired-reinforced to the ends of both pieces. Provenance: The Estate of Eva Gauthier, Ottawa. Note: Ida Joséphine Phoebe Éva Gauthier (1885-1958) was a Canadian mezzo-soprano, and voice teacher. She performed and popularized songs by contemporary composers throughout her career and sang in the American premieres of several works by Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky, in the title role in the latter's Persephone. With Lady Zoe Laurier and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and Lord Strathcona as her patrons, Eva Gauthier initially trained and performed in Europe. She then travelled to Java, and for 4 years, immersed herself in its native music, which she introduced to North American audiences on her return. She retired from performing in 1937, and opened a voice studio in New York, where she became a founding member of the American Guild of Musical Artists and served on its board of governors. Gauthier was praised for the many qualities her singing brought to music. The citation from the Campion Society of San Francisco, which she received in 1949, said: "...her rare open-mindedness and unorthodox enthusiasm having been initially responsible for the recognition of many vital and important modern composers". (Source: Wikipedia).
• SIX-PIECE CHINESE JADE - SILVER
  SIX-PIECE CHINESE JADE - SILVER MOUNTED BRACELETA six-piece Chinese jade, silver mounted, pendant's bracelet. Early 20th century. Provenance: The Estate of Eva Gauthier, Ottawa. Note: Ida Joséphine Phoebe Éva Gauthier (1885-1958) was a Canadian mezzo-soprano, and voice teacher. She performed and popularized songs by contemporary composers throughout her career and sang in the American premieres of several works by Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky, in the title role in the latter's Persephone. With Lady Zoe Laurier and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and Lord Strathcona as her patrons, Eva Gauthier initially trained and performed in Europe. She then travelled to Java, and for 4 years, immersed herself in its native music, which she introduced to North American audiences on her return. She retired from performing in 1937, and opened a voice studio in New York, where she became a founding member of the American Guild of Musical Artists and served on its board of governors. Gauthier was praised for the many qualities her singing brought to music. The citation from the Campion Society of San Francisco, which she received in 1949, said: "...her rare open-mindedness and unorthodox enthusiasm having been initially responsible for the recognition of many vital and important modern composers". (Source: Wikipedia).
• FOURTEEN-PIECE CHINESE JADE-STONE
  FOURTEEN-PIECE CHINESE JADE-STONE NECKLACEA beautiful fourteen-piece Chinese jade and hardstone pendant necklace, early 20th Century. One clasp missing. Provenance: The Estate of Éva Gauthier, Ottawa. Note: Ida Joséphine Phoebe Éva Gauthier (1885-1958) was a Canadian mezzo-soprano, and voice teacher. She performed and popularized songs by contemporary composers throughout her career and sang in the American premieres of several works by Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky, in the title role in the latter's Persephone. With Lady Zoe Laurier and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and Lord Strathcona as her patrons, Eva Gauthier initially trained and performed in Europe. She then travelled to Java, and for 4 years, immersed herself in its native music, which she introduced to North American audiences on her return. She retired from performing in 1937, and opened a voice studio in New York, where she became a founding member of the American Guild of Musical Artists and served on its board of governors. Gauthier was praised for the many qualities her singing brought to music. The citation from the Campion Society of San Francisco, which she received in 1949, said: "...her rare open-mindedness and unorthodox enthusiasm having been initially responsible for the recognition of many vital and important modern composers". (Source: Wikipedia).
• VINTAGE SILVER & LARGE TURQUOISE
  VINTAGE SILVER & LARGE TURQUOISE CHINESE BRACELETA vintage Chinese filigree and enameled silver large articulating bracelet, the shoulders set with enameled koi fish, the central carved large turquoise stone in the shape of a dragon. Clasp marked silver. Provenance: The Estate of Eva Gauthier (Famous Mezzo-Soprano), Ottawa.
• 2PC GOEBEL HUMMEL FIGURINESHand
  2PC GOEBEL HUMMEL FIGURINESHand painted in matte finish entitled Puppet Princess and Steadfast Soprano. Hummel M. I. Hummel impressed backstamp. Goebel backstamp. Tallest measures: 1.75"W x 4"H. Shortest measures: 1.75"W x 3.75"H. Manufacturer: Goebel Hummel Country of Origin: Germany Condition: Age related wear.
• 1985 RICCARDO FENOCCHIO BAROLO
  1985 RICCARDO FENOCCHIO BAROLO RED WINE BOTTLEDESCRIPTION: 1985 Riccardo Fenocchio Barolo Red Wine Bottle.N. 1455. Pianpolvere Soprano. Italy. 750 ml. CIRCA: 1985. ORIGIN: Italy. DIMENSIONS: 750 ml. CONDITION: Vintage condition. (We Cannot Ship This Item Internationally) See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS 305-332-9274. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
• NY ARCHIVE INCLUDING PRES. MCKINLEY
  NY ARCHIVE INCLUDING PRES. MCKINLEY SIGNED CARD, OPERA ...Large archive relating to John "Jack" Alexander Rogers and his wife Mildred Bond from NYC at turn of the 20th century. Lot includes President McKinley card with autograph (2.75" H) and dried carnation. Also included are several letters, checks, postcards, and photographs related to celebrated opera soprano Geraldine Farrar. Farrar received financial support for her vocal training from Charles Henry Bond (1846-1908), prominent business man and father of Mildred Bond. Most of the letters are handwritten by Farrar's mother, Henrietta M. Farrar, to Mrs. Bond circa 1901 during Geraldine's early European opera career. One letter is handwritten by Geraldine Farrar to Mrs. Rogers about her family's financial contributions and support early in her career, dated July 10, 1938, 7.825" x 6.125" folded. Lot also includes three photographs of the family's New York City apartment, each labelled "Taken by S. Chickering in 1902" top left of back, 7" x 9". Several handwritten and typed letters from author Patrick Mahony to Rodgers, samples of articles that Mahony wrote including a tribute article about Gloria Swanson, and other print materials collected by Mahony about Swanson, including a production still postcard of Gloria Swanson in the 1923 silent film "Zaza" (3.5" H). Envelope containing a handwritten letter to "Grandma Bond" (Mrs. Charles Bond), dated December 14, 1921 (6.5" H), one postcard addressed to Miss Mildred Bond, postmarked January 13, 1915 (3.625" H), 11 currency notes from China (1936-1945) and one Mexico peso note, and other miscellaneous stamps and print materials. Photograph of unidentified opera singer "Hawara" and handwritten letter on "Opera-Comique Paris Chicago Opera Company" stationery with photograph of Hawara upper left corner from the singer to unknown recipient, (8" H folded). Programme from "Charles H. Bond Memorial Concert" on March 3, 1909, 8" H) pasted to envelope containing "Geraldine Farrar's letters to Grandfather and Grandmother Bond" (6.75" H). Also included is a framed print with hand coloring titled, "The Only Way to Make Money Following the Ponies", signed in pen lower right "compliments Tom Obirer(?sp)". Printed by Hanak Co., Chicago. 13 1/2" x 7 3/4" sight. Provenance: descendent of John Alexander Rogers. Condition: McKinley autograph card in good condition, brown toning line stretches from bottom left corner to middle of top edge on front surface. Photographs, postcards, and handwritten letter of Geraldine Farrar in good condition. Letters from Henrietta Farrar in very fragile condition. Photographs of New York City apartment in good condition. Letters and materials from Patrick Mahony in good condition. Other print materials in good condition.
• TN DISTILLERY ADVERTISING & JENNY
  TN DISTILLERY ADVERTISING & JENNY LIND TICKET1st item: Framed ticket to Jenny Lind's Wednesday, April 2, 1851 performance in Nashville. The printed ticket, with handwritten number 945, has facsimile signature for tour manager P.T. Barnum and allows entry to the world famous Swedish soprano's second concert in Nashville. Housed in a decorative frame with fabric flowers, 6" H x 4" W. Lind toured the United States in 1850-1852, to great acclaim. Tickets were in such great demand that Barnum sold them in auctions (with admission charged just to get into the auctions) - a marketing ploy that is said to have upset Lind. 2nd item: Rare 1895 "Children from Many Lands" Advertising Calendar for the Greenbrier Distillery, Nashville, Tennessee, published by Raphael Tuck. Includes 12 pages for all months in the year, joined by a metal hanger at top (some pages have become detached). 12 1/2" H x 9" W. 3rd item: assorted grouping of ephemera: two boards for the Green Brier Distillery 1904 "Dream Faces" Advertising Calendar (covers June through December, no internal pages); plus some internal pages from incomplete calendars of the same era published by the Equitable Assurance and John D. Anderson Companies of Nashville, a scrapbook of a few other unrelated images, and 2 Campfire Girls sheet music songs including Mammy Moon and Mystic Fire. Provenance: the estate of Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com) Condition: 1895 calendar has toning, grime and chipped corners/edges to January cover page, but other pages are in good condition; some have come detached from metal hanging ring. 1904 Dream Faces calendar has 7" loss to left lower corners and losses to upper corners on both pieces. Other prints have grime, toning and scattered chipping.
• KOLENE SPICHER PAINTING OF
  KOLENE SPICHER PAINTING OF WHALING & SHIPSWatercolor painting of a whaling scene with several ships, whales, etc. Signed Kolene E. Spicher. 15 x 23.5 in, framed 20 x 28.5. (Kolene Spicher is a contemporary artist working out of Nantucket. Her work has decorated most of the top name department stores and has been featured in TV shows such as The Sopranos etc).
• KOLENE SPICHER PAINTNG OF WHALING
  KOLENE SPICHER PAINTNG OF WHALING SCENEOil on canvas (under glass) of a whaling scene with large whale crashing a long boat full of sailors, titled WHALING WAS RISKY BUSINESS. Signed Kolene E. Spicher. 22.5 x 28.5 in, framed 27.5 x 33.5. (Kolene Spicher is a contemporary artist working out of Nantucket. Her work has decorated most of the top name department stores and has been featured in TV shows such as The Sopranos etc).
• SOPRANO SAXOPHONE WITH CASE,
  SOPRANO SAXOPHONE WITH CASE, HENRI SELMER, PARISSoprano saxophone with original fitted case, by Henri Selmer, Paris, no. 115534. Approx. 27 1/2" t. In very good condition.
• SOPRANO SAXOPHONE WITH CASE, CG
  SOPRANO SAXOPHONE WITH CASE, CG CONN LIMITEDSoprano saxophone with original fitted case, by GG Conn Limited, Elkhart, Indiana. Measures approx. 25" overall. In very good condition.
• [PUCCINI, PONS] GROUP OF FIVE
  [PUCCINI, PONS] GROUP OF FIVE SIGNED PIECES OF OPERA ME...[PUCCINI, PONS] A GROUP OF FIVE SIGNED PIECES OF OPERA MEMORABILIA comprising: a) three autographed photographs of Lily Pons, each signed along the lower center edge, 16 x 11 cm (6 1/4 x 4 3/8 in.) [two smaller sight], 21 x 16 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.) [largest sight] b) one letter from Puccini to Friends, 1921, signed, 9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.) [sight] c) a compilation of letters and documents related to Puccini, 17 x 22 cm (6 3/4 x 8 5/8 in.) [sight] framed dimensions: smallest: 22.3 x 17.5 cm ( 8 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.); framed dimensions largest: 44.5 x 53 cm (17 1/2 x 20 7/8 in.) PROVENANCE a) two accompanied by Certificates of authenticity from the Metropolitan Opera. (Copies available upon request.) LOT NOTES Giacomo Puccini Italian composer, one of the greatest known exponent of operatic realism, notable works including, La Boheme (1896), Tosca (1900), Madama Butterfly (1904), and Turandot (left incomplete). Lily Pons known for her vocal range of coloratura soprano, with range and expression. Pons was associated with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for more than 30 years. Most notably performing in, Donizetti's La Fille du regiment (The Daughter of the Regiment), and Vincenzo Bellini's La sonnambula (The Sleepwalk). Along with features in several motion pictures, I Dream Too Much (1935), That Girl from Paris (1936), and Hitting a New High (1937). Her last performance publicly was May 1972 at a Promenade concert of the New York Philharmonic.
• MALVINA HOFFMAN OPERA RELATED
  MALVINA HOFFMAN OPERA RELATED BRONZE PLAQUE(New York, 1887-1966) Profile of Emma Eames, American Soprano, 1928, unsigned, dated, bronze relief, 5 x 3-3/4 in. Signed lower right "Malvina Hoffman" Provenance: Estate of the Artist, with Christie's tag Condition: gold patina, some small points of corrosion or spotting
• BUFFET CRAMPON SILVER SOPRANO
  BUFFET CRAMPON SILVER SOPRANO SAXOPHONEAntique Buffet Crampon silver soprano curved saxophone, circa 1908. Bell measures 4 1/16" diameter. Engraved on bell "Buffet Crampon & Cie A. Paris, Evette & Schaeffer Ami Mon Buffet Crampon & Cie 18 & 20 Passage du gd Cerf 18353 Paris, made in France L.P. Carl Fischer New York. Sax is approx. 17 1/2" tall without mouthpiece. Serial #18353. Instrument has normal wear, silver loss & tarnish. No dents. Case included. See photos for more details on condition. shipping info This item will need to be shipped by a packing company of your choice. We maintain a list of reliable shippers, or you may choose your own.
• NINE AUTOGRAPHED
  NINE AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPHS/LETTERS AND ONE SIGNED BROADSIDE MID-20TH CENTURY FROM 4.75” X 5.75” TO 21” X 11.5”.NINE AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPHS/LETTERS AND ONE SIGNED BROADSIDE, Mid-20th Century, All original, signed and presented to Nedda Casei, an American operatic soprano (1932-2020). Signatures include Victor Borge, Isaac Asimov, Jerry Hines and six others. Signed theater broadside for the Met Opera's "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny". Dimensions: From 4.75" x 5.75" to 21" x 11.5".
• DAVID HOCKNEY (NEW
  DAVID HOCKNEY (NEW YORK/CALIFORNIA/ENGLAND, B. 1937), "METROPOLITAN OPERA N.Y. 1981"., COLOR LITHOGRAPH POSTER, 80.75" X 41.25” (2053MM X 1046MM), FULL MARGINS. FRAMED 82” X 42”.DAVID HOCKNEY, New York/California/England, b. 1937, "Metropolitan Opera N.Y. 1981". Published by Petersburg Press, New York and London. Signed "David Hockney" and dedicated "To Nedda Casei" in pencil upper margin. Hockney Posters 103. Includes a copy of the Hockney Posters book and a broadside from "Parade: an evening of French music theatre" in which Casei, a famous mezzo-soprano, performed., Dimensions: Color lithograph poster, 80.75" x 41.25" (2053mm x 1046mm), full margins. Framed 82" x 42".
• An Ideal Soprano Interchangeable
  An Ideal Soprano Interchangeable Cylinder Music Box in an Oak Case by Mermod Frères Late 19th Century engraved metal plaque to the interior reads Patented/ Sept. 22 1885-Dec. 6 1887/ Mai 8 1888-Dec. 16 1890/ D.R.P. 33516. 43585. 45884/ 55886 2222/ Switzerland. Height of case 10 1/2 x width 31 x depth 13 inches; length of cylinders 14 inches.
• 1925 BUESCHER TRUE TONE / LOW PITCH
  1925 BUESCHER TRUE TONE / LOW PITCH SOPRANO SAXOPHONE Serial number 179626, silvertone metal, pads with mother-of-pearl, includes mouthpiece and extra corks; with modern semi-hardshell case.
• ARBIT BLATAS, NEW YORK / FRANCE,
  ARBIT BLATAS, NEW YORK / FRANCE, LITHUANIA (1908 - 1999), THE MIME (MARCEL MARCEAU), LITHOGRAPH, 19 1/2"H X 8"WArbit Blatas, New York / France, Lithuania, (1908 - 1999) The Mime (Marcel Marceau), lithograph Numbered 188/200 lower left. Signed lower right. Biography from Papillon Gallery: Arbit Blatas (né Nicolai Arbitblatas) was born in Kaunas, Lithuania on November 19, 1908. He was a precocious talent who began exhibiting in his native country at the age of 15. Soon afterwards, he left for Paris and, at the age of 21, became the youngest member of an illustrious group of artists known as the School of Paris. When Blatas was 24, the Jeu de Paume in Paris acquired its first painting of the young artist, who had already become a colleague and friend of many of the great figures of the Paris art world, such as Vlaminck, Soutine, Picasso, Utrillo, Braque, Zadkine, Léger and Dérain. He was to paint and sculpt them all, as well as Bonnard, Vuillard, Matisse, Dufy, Van Dongen, Cocteau, Marquet and many others. His 30 portraits in oil and bronze are considered a unique document of the painters and sculptors of that dynamic period in 20th-century French painting.. In the 1930s, Blatas exhibited in London and New York, as well as in his adoptive home of Paris. Fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe in 1941 for the United States, Blatas became an American citizen and solidified his reputation among the front ranks of contemporary American painters. After the war, Blatas divided his life between New York and France, where, in 1947, he was elected a life member of the Salon D'Automne. His life-size bronze of his colleague and friend Chaim Soutine, created in 1967, was highly admired by André Malraux. In 1987, the City of Paris installed the statue in Montparnasse in the square of the Gaston Baty and conferred on Blatas the Médaille de Vermeil. A life-size statue of another close friend and colleague, Jacques Lipchitz, now stands in the garden of the Hotel de Ville next to the Museum in Boulogne. In 1978, Arbit Blatas was named Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by the French Government for his contribution to French art as an outstanding member of the School of Paris. In 1994 he was promoted to the rank of Officier de la Légion d'Honneur. The Holocaust Blatas' parents were deported from Lithuania in 1941. His mother died in the Studthof concentration camp. His father miraculously survived Dachau; after the war, Blatas returned to France to bring his father with him to the United States. After the death of his mother, Blatas turned his back on the Holocaust until the late 1970s, when it burst forth in the artist's oeuvre and remained a recurring theme in many major works. His black-and-white drawings memorializing the unspeakable events of that time appeared in the 1978 American television series, "Holocaust." The drawings became the basis for four public memorials, consisting of seven powerful bas-reliefs, known as The Monument of the Holocaust, now on permanent display in four countries: Italy, France, The United States and Lithuania. The first edition of this monument was installed in the historic Ghetto of Venice on April 25th, 1980, the National Holiday of Liberation from the Nazis. On that occasion, Mayor Mario Rigo decorated Blatas with the gold medal Venezia Riconoscente. On September 19th, 1993, in the same Historic Ghetto of Venice, President of Italy Oscar Scalfaro honored Blatas by personally dedicating his sculpture The Last Train, a monument honoring the 50th anniversary of the deportation of the Jews from the Venetian Ghetto. The second edition of The Monument of the Holocaust was dedicated at the Shrine of the Unknown Jewish Martyrs in Paris on April 23, 1981. The third edition was placed by the Anti-Defamation League in Hammerskjold Plaza, across from the United Nations in New York on April 25, 1982. In 2009, this edition was installed permanently at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. In 2003, the fourth and final edition of this powerful series of sculptures was donated posthumously by his widow as part of the consecration of the memorial at Fort Nine in Blatas' native Kaunas, Lithuania, the notorious location from which Blatas' parents were deported in 1941. Marcel Marceau and The Threepenny Opera Two other major subjects became leitmotifs in Blatas' work: Marcel Marceau and The Threepenny Opera. Both inspired the artist in paintings, sculpture, and a third medium for which Blatas became widely appreciated: Lithography Beginning in the 1950s, the artist's great friend, Marcel Marceau, appears in all shapes, poses and sizes: from large portraits to small-scale studies, to sculptures, to sets of lithographs that capture the famous mime in mid-air. Through a magical coincidence, Blatas attended the world premiere of The Threepenny Opera in Berlin in 1928; the groundbreaking musical theatre work by Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht would inspire Blatas for the next 70 years. His canon of work depicting scenes and characters from The Threepenny Opera includes 18 portraits, 10 sculptures, several large canvases and sets of color and black-and-white lithographs. The outstanding preface by the legendary Lotte Lenya, Weill's widow, to the first edition of Threepenny Lithographs, published in 1962, pays tribute to Blatas' profound understanding of the work. In 1984, the Threepenny Opera exhibition was displayed at Venice's Teatro Goldoni; in 1986, at the Museum of the City of New York and the Goethe Institute in Toronto. In May 1994, the Grosvenor Gallery in London presented the exhibition called "Arbit Blatas and his World of Music and Theatre." In 2000 and 2001, respectively, the entire Threepenny Opera collection appeared as part of Kurt Weill Centenary celebrations at Belmont College, Nashville, Tennessee, and the Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York. Career as Stage Designer During the 1970s and 1980s, Blatas designed scenery and costumes for nine international opera productions in collaboration with his wife, the renowned mezzo-soprano, Regina Resnik, as stage director. These productions included Elektra (Teatro La Fenice, Venice; Teatro Sao Carlos, Lisbon; Opéra du Rhin, Strasbourg); Carmen (Hamburg State Opera); Salome (Teatro Sao Carlos); Falstaff (Teatre Wielki, Warsaw; Teatro la Fenice; Teatro Sao Carlos; Festival of Madrid); The Queen of Spades (Vancouver Opera Association; Sydney Opera House); and The Bear and The Medium (Teatro Sao Carlos). The 1980s and 1990s saw major exhibitions of Blatas' work, including several devoted to the School of Paris. In Venice, in 1982, the School of Paris portraits became a major exhibition at the Church of San Samuele under the joint auspices of the Mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac, and the Mayor of Venice, Mario Rigo. Le Musée Bourdelle offered the first major exhibition in Paris of the portrait collection in 1986. In 1990, the entire collection of the School of Paris, portraits, drawings and bronzes, were shown at the Musée des Années Trentes in Boulogne-Billancourt, which subsequently acquired the entire collection now permanently installed in galleries dedicated to Blatas. In 1996, the Eastlake Gallery of New York presented Blatas in an exceptional exhibition entitled "Aspects of Venice." In 1997, the Beacon Hill Gallery, also in New York, presented a landmark exhibition of more than 100 of Blatas' works. From September 2008 through July 2009, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Arbit Blatas was celebrated in "Arbit Blatas: A Centenary Exhibition," at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. This exhibition brought together all the major themes and media of Blatas' diverse oeuvre for the first time: French and Venetian landscapes, music and theatre subjects in painting, sculpture and lithographs, the School of Paris in sculpture, and scenic designs. The Holocaust was honored in the fourth edition of Monument of the Holocaust and four towering, major paintings. Blatas was an artist of enormous range. His vivid colors and joie de vivre extend through his entire canon of paintings: landscapes, portraits and still-lifes. The distinguished French art critic, Jean Bouret, summed the artist up this way: "He is color, his palette is color, exuberant and sensual, as is the man." On the other end of Blatas' artistic spectrum, the noted Italian art historian Enzo di Martini wrote of the Monument of the Holocaust: "In complete contrast to his paintings, these bronzes are hammered and chiseled in anger and tragedy." Arbit Blatas passed away on April 27, 1999 at his home in New York City. lithograph Dimensions: 19 1/2"H x 8"W
• ARBIT BLATAS, NEW YORK / FRANCE,
  ARBIT BLATAS, NEW YORK / FRANCE, LITHUANIA (1908 - 1999), ZIZI, LITHOGRAPH, 20"H X 8 1/4"W (PLATE)Arbit Blatas, New York / France, Lithuania, (1908 - 1999) Zizi, lithograph Numbered 180/200 lower left and signed lower right. Biography from Papillon Gallery: Arbit Blatas (né Nicolai Arbitblatas) was born in Kaunas, Lithuania on November 19, 1908. He was a precocious talent who began exhibiting in his native country at the age of 15. Soon afterwards, he left for Paris and, at the age of 21, became the youngest member of an illustrious group of artists known as the School of Paris. When Blatas was 24, the Jeu de Paume in Paris acquired its first painting of the young artist, who had already become a colleague and friend of many of the great figures of the Paris art world, such as Vlaminck, Soutine, Picasso, Utrillo, Braque, Zadkine, Léger and Dérain. He was to paint and sculpt them all, as well as Bonnard, Vuillard, Matisse, Dufy, Van Dongen, Cocteau, Marquet and many others. His 30 portraits in oil and bronze are considered a unique document of the painters and sculptors of that dynamic period in 20th-century French painting.. In the 1930s, Blatas exhibited in London and New York, as well as in his adoptive home of Paris. Fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe in 1941 for the United States, Blatas became an American citizen and solidified his reputation among the front ranks of contemporary American painters. After the war, Blatas divided his life between New York and France, where, in 1947, he was elected a life member of the Salon D'Automne. His life-size bronze of his colleague and friend Chaim Soutine, created in 1967, was highly admired by André Malraux. In 1987, the City of Paris installed the statue in Montparnasse in the square of the Gaston Baty and conferred on Blatas the Médaille de Vermeil. A life-size statue of another close friend and colleague, Jacques Lipchitz, now stands in the garden of the Hotel de Ville next to the Museum in Boulogne. In 1978, Arbit Blatas was named Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by the French Government for his contribution to French art as an outstanding member of the School of Paris. In 1994 he was promoted to the rank of Officier de la Légion d'Honneur. The Holocaust Blatas' parents were deported from Lithuania in 1941. His mother died in the Studthof concentration camp. His father miraculously survived Dachau; after the war, Blatas returned to France to bring his father with him to the United States. After the death of his mother, Blatas turned his back on the Holocaust until the late 1970s, when it burst forth in the artist's oeuvre and remained a recurring theme in many major works. His black-and-white drawings memorializing the unspeakable events of that time appeared in the 1978 American television series, "Holocaust." The drawings became the basis for four public memorials, consisting of seven powerful bas-reliefs, known as The Monument of the Holocaust, now on permanent display in four countries: Italy, France, The United States and Lithuania. The first edition of this monument was installed in the historic Ghetto of Venice on April 25th, 1980, the National Holiday of Liberation from the Nazis. On that occasion, Mayor Mario Rigo decorated Blatas with the gold medal Venezia Riconoscente. On September 19th, 1993, in the same Historic Ghetto of Venice, President of Italy Oscar Scalfaro honored Blatas by personally dedicating his sculpture The Last Train, a monument honoring the 50th anniversary of the deportation of the Jews from the Venetian Ghetto. The second edition of The Monument of the Holocaust was dedicated at the Shrine of the Unknown Jewish Martyrs in Paris on April 23, 1981. The third edition was placed by the Anti-Defamation League in Hammerskjold Plaza, across from the United Nations in New York on April 25, 1982. In 2009, this edition was installed permanently at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. In 2003, the fourth and final edition of this powerful series of sculptures was donated posthumously by his widow as part of the consecration of the memorial at Fort Nine in Blatas' native Kaunas, Lithuania, the notorious location from which Blatas' parents were deported in 1941. Marcel Marceau and The Threepenny Opera Two other major subjects became leitmotifs in Blatas' work: Marcel Marceau and The Threepenny Opera. Both inspired the artist in paintings, sculpture, and a third medium for which Blatas became widely appreciated: Lithography Beginning in the 1950s, the artist's great friend, Marcel Marceau, appears in all shapes, poses and sizes: from large portraits to small-scale studies, to sculptures, to sets of lithographs that capture the famous mime in mid-air. Through a magical coincidence, Blatas attended the world premiere of The Threepenny Opera in Berlin in 1928; the groundbreaking musical theatre work by Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht would inspire Blatas for the next 70 years. His canon of work depicting scenes and characters from The Threepenny Opera includes 18 portraits, 10 sculptures, several large canvases and sets of color and black-and-white lithographs. The outstanding preface by the legendary Lotte Lenya, Weill's widow, to the first edition of Threepenny Lithographs, published in 1962, pays tribute to Blatas' profound understanding of the work. In 1984, the Threepenny Opera exhibition was displayed at Venice's Teatro Goldoni; in 1986, at the Museum of the City of New York and the Goethe Institute in Toronto. In May 1994, the Grosvenor Gallery in London presented the exhibition called "Arbit Blatas and his World of Music and Theatre." In 2000 and 2001, respectively, the entire Threepenny Opera collection appeared as part of Kurt Weill Centenary celebrations at Belmont College, Nashville, Tennessee, and the Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York. Career as Stage Designer During the 1970s and 1980s, Blatas designed scenery and costumes for nine international opera productions in collaboration with his wife, the renowned mezzo-soprano, Regina Resnik, as stage director. These productions included Elektra (Teatro La Fenice, Venice; Teatro Sao Carlos, Lisbon; Opéra du Rhin, Strasbourg); Carmen (Hamburg State Opera); Salome (Teatro Sao Carlos); Falstaff (Teatre Wielki, Warsaw; Teatro la Fenice; Teatro Sao Carlos; Festival of Madrid); The Queen of Spades (Vancouver Opera Association; Sydney Opera House); and The Bear and The Medium (Teatro Sao Carlos). The 1980s and 1990s saw major exhibitions of Blatas' work, including several devoted to the School of Paris. In Venice, in 1982, the School of Paris portraits became a major exhibition at the Church of San Samuele under the joint auspices of the Mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac, and the Mayor of Venice, Mario Rigo. Le Musée Bourdelle offered the first major exhibition in Paris of the portrait collection in 1986. In 1990, the entire collection of the School of Paris, portraits, drawings and bronzes, were shown at the Musée des Années Trentes in Boulogne-Billancourt, which subsequently acquired the entire collection now permanently installed in galleries dedicated to Blatas. In 1996, the Eastlake Gallery of New York presented Blatas in an exceptional exhibition entitled "Aspects of Venice." In 1997, the Beacon Hill Gallery, also in New York, presented a landmark exhibition of more than 100 of Blatas' works. From September 2008 through July 2009, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Arbit Blatas was celebrated in "Arbit Blatas: A Centenary Exhibition," at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. This exhibition brought together all the major themes and media of Blatas' diverse oeuvre for the first time: French and Venetian landscapes, music and theatre subjects in painting, sculpture and lithographs, the School of Paris in sculpture, and scenic designs. The Holocaust was honored in the fourth edition of Monument of the Holocaust and four towering, major paintings. Blatas was an artist of enormous range. His vivid colors and joie de vivre extend through his entire canon of paintings: landscapes, portraits and still-lifes. The distinguished French art critic, Jean Bouret, summed the artist up this way: "He is color, his palette is color, exuberant and sensual, as is the man." On the other end of Blatas' artistic spectrum, the noted Italian art historian Enzo di Martini wrote of the Monument of the Holocaust: "In complete contrast to his paintings, these bronzes are hammered and chiseled in anger and tragedy." Arbit Blatas passed away on April 27, 1999 at his home in New York City. lithograph Dimensions: 20"H x 8 1/4"W (plate)
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