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Title
Autographed publicity portrait of Gregor Piatigorsky
Date Created and/or Issued
1929
Publication Information
Ortho Print, New York
Ella Strong Denison Library; Claremont Colleges Digital Library
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://www.scrippscollege.edu/denison/.
Description
Photograph of cellist Piatigorsky, playing cello, during his first concert tour in the United States. Gelatin silver print, monochromatic. Inscribed on the photograph in blue ink: "To Mrs. Cecil Frankel, in admiration, Gregor Piatigorsky, Los Angeles 5/12.1929"
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
bbf00590.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll2/id/233
Language
English
Subject
Concerts--California--Los Angeles
Photographs--Portraits
Signatures (Writing)
Publicity photographs
Musicians
Musicians--Autographs
Violoncellists
Violoncellos
Musical instruments
Men's clothing--United States--History--20th century
Frankel, Bessie Bartlett, 1884-1959
Piatigorsky, Gregor, 1903-1976
Place
Los Angeles (United States)
Source
Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection, Box 10, Folder 8
Relation
Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll2

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