Nov 07, 2017 - Sale 2461

Sale 2461 - Lot 189

Price Realized: $ 4,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 5,000
RAVEL, MAURICE. Two items: Autograph Musical Quotation Signed * Autograph Letter Signed. The quotation, 3 bars from his Chansons madécasses, notated on a two-stave system, with holograph title, lyrics, tempo directive and instrument labels. 3 1/2x9 1/2 inches, 6 printed staves on recto; vertical fold. The letter, to an unnamed recipient ("My friend"), in French, stating that he received his note when leaving Geneva and mentioning two places he might be when he returns at Christmastime. 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank, "Hotel D'Athènes" stationery; short closed tear at upper edge, even toning overall, horizontal fold. Both matted together with a commemorative medallion and framed. Np, nd; Paris, 15 December 1928

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From the Jimmy Van Heusen Collection.