Franz Liszt - a large photograph, signed and inscribed, show...

Hammer

£650

Franz Liszt - a large photograph, signed and inscribed, showing Liszt in his study at Weimar, by Louis Held, blind stamped Louis Held Weimar 1884, the mount inscribed Meinem Liebster Bädedecker—(Frau Carrie Lachmund) herzlich ergebend F Liszt, Juli 84-Weimar, framed, 49.5cm x 55cm overall

Louis Held (1851-1927) was court photographer at Weimar from 1882: "He forever changed the field of Liszt iconography. Held's portraits of Liszt...are unsurpassed in both content and form" (Alan Walker, Franz Liszt. The Final Years (1996), p.7). Caroline Lachmund was the wife of the American pianist Carl Lachmund, one of Liszt's pupils at Weimar (Walker, p.419)

Provenance: Sotheby’s Music sale, London, 04 December 2007, lot 72.