Live auction - Lot 1038

The King of the violin mourning the loss of his Stradivarius

[Autograph]

YSAYE, Eugène

Autogr. signed letter addressed to "chers et excellents amis" [Gustave Huberti and others].

Leipzig, 9 January 1908


Hammer price: € 700

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4 pp. 8vo; letterhead of the Grand Hôtel d'Europe in St Petersburg (min. tear on the fold and in a margin).

Thanks for "la bonne lettre si délicieusement collective que vous m'écrivez: après la secousse terrible provoquée par la perte de mon Stradivarius [...] c'est dans ces moments où le sort s'acharne contre l'homme qu'il ressent plus profondément ces manifestations de pure amitié [...] ce malheur que je crois irréparable [...]". This Stradivarius, called the Hercules, which he acquired after making his fortune in the USA in 1895, was stolen from him during a concert in Saint Petersburg in December 1907.
A remarkable letter expressing this loss with emotion but also with philosophy: "la perte d'un instrument quelque précieux qu'il soit, ne saurait égaler la perte d'un être aimé... [...]".
Prov. Gustave Huberti (1843-1910), Belgian composer linked to the Flemish school despite his Walloon roots.

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Lot 1038

The King of the violin mourning the loss of his Stradivarius

Autogr. signed letter addressed to "chers et excellents amis" [Gustave Huberti and others].

YSAYE, Eugène

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