Jul 30, 2020 - Sale 2543

Sale 2543 - Lot 140

Price Realized: $ 344
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
FARRAR, GERALDINE. Group of 8 Photographs Signed, or Inscribed and Signed, "GerryFarrar" or "Juliette," to various recipients, including several from her early career. Each inscribed in the image. Each 10x8 inches or smaller; moderate creasing to 1929 photo. Np, 1907-58

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"Madama / Butterfly / 1907," full-length portrait by Victor Georg, showing her in costume as Cio-Cio-san in the Met production of Madama Butterfly. 8x10 inches. Np, 1907 "To Mrs. Clara Harrierschlag / very sincerely," bust portrait showing her wearing a crown [Princess Elisabeth in Tannhäuser?]. 5 1/2x4 inches. Np, 1909 "To Mary Massent / very sincerely," half-length portrait by Mishkin, showing her holding a small dog to her cheek. 9 1/4x7 1/4 inches. Np, 1929 "To Lester MacGettrick / In friendly Regard," half-length portrait showing her at home in later years. 10x8 inches. Philadelphia, 1950 Dated bust portrait. 6x4 inches. Np, 1958 Signed, "Juliette," half-length portrait showing her in costume as Juliette in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette. 10 1/2x7 1/2 inches. Np, nd Bust portrait on postcard, showing her in costume as Mimi in La bohème. Correspondence side blank. 5 1/4x3 1/4 inches. Np, nd Half-length portrait on postcard, showing her in costume as Manon in Massenet's opera of the same name. Correspondence side blank. 5 1/4x3 1/4 inches. Np, nd.
With--Geraldine Farrar. Such Sweet Compulsion. Signed and Inscribed: "To Mrs. Helen Stone / very sincerely," on the front free endpaper. 8vo, publisher's cloth. First edition. New York: Greystone, (1938); inscription: Np, nd.