Nov 07, 2017 - Sale 2461

Sale 2461 - Lot 154

Price Realized: $ 7,020
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 5,000
DEBUSSY, CLAUDE. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed and Inscribed, to the National Relief and Food Committee [Commission for Relief in Belgium], in French, 4 bars from an unnamed work, notated on two hand-drawn two-stave systems, with holograph tempo directive ("Molto dolce et moderato"). Additionally signed by 16 unknown benefactors on third page below the words "Tribute of deep appreciation," in French. 1/2 page, 4to, written on first page of folded sheet; minor soiling at upper right. Np, January 1916

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From the Jimmy Van Heusen Collection.