Original bust-length portrait drawing of the famed Catalan cellist in profile with 'cello scroll in foreground

by Pablo Casals

$1,250 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

Signed

In black and red chalk and watercolour, titled Casals in pencil at upper right. Sheet size ca. 302 x 215 mm. Signed by the artist at lower right. Abrasions to lower blank margin with slight loss; right margin slightly uneven; verso with paper tape repair. Signature indecipherable. A Catalan master cellist, conductor, pianist, and composer, Casals performed Lalo’s Concerto at the Crystal Palace on 20 May 1899 , played to Queen

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