ID 1029110
Lot 459 | Autograph quotation signed from Agon
Estimate value
£ 1 000 – 1 500
The quotation in pencil, five bars in one system of three staves for flutes and strings, the inscription in red ink, on one leaf, approx. 125 x 205mm; the photograph approx. 180 x 130mm. Framed and glazed.
A signed quotation from Agon. The ballet's unusually long gestation between 1953 and 1957 covered the transition in Stravinsky's compositional style from diatonic to twelve-tone. The title, which Stravinsky characteristically lettered, as here, in Greek capitals, translates as 'contest' or 'struggle'. The recipient may be Jay Michael Barrie (1912-2001), personal secretary to Stravinsky's friend Gerald Heard.
| Artist: | Igor Stravinskii (1882 - 1971) |
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| Place of origin: | Russia, USA |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Artist: | Igor Stravinskii (1882 - 1971) |
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| Place of origin: | Russia, USA |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
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