Lot 51
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951) Austrian composer and painter. Autograph quotation signed, 3¼ x 8 5/8 in., March 1924. Two bars from "Das Buch der hängenden Gaerten," Op. 15, a fifteen-part song cycle for solo voice and piano, composed by Arnold Schoenberg between 1908 and 1909, setting to music poems of Stefan George. Inscription in French: "Ce sont les jardins 'suspendus.' - Mais pas tous; les…sont plûs [sic] difficiles (Adj.) Il [sic] se chantent en allemand plûs [sic] difficilement (Adv.)." Attractively matted with an image of Schoenberg and framed to an overall size of 16½ x 14½ in.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250.
Sotheby's, May 6, 1988, lot 465.
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