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LEOPOLD & FRIEDA GODOWSKY-2 Sepia 8 x 10" photographs
$ 31.67
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You are bidding on two sepia photographs-Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Godowsky.Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938) pianist, composer. (7-1/2" x 9-1/2"); photo is dated 1921 Matzene Chicago; age 51.
There is beginning to see some purple discoloration under Godowsky's chin and right side of nose. There are also a few light wrinkles in photo.
Godowsky's compositions are fantastically complex especially the 53 studies based on Chopin's own sets, and transcriptions of Strauss waltzes. He arranged pieces of Bach, Brahms and Weber and lieder of Schubert.
Mrs. Godowsky (Frieda Saxe) singer (1870-1933); 7" x 10"; there is some "gloss" to her photo as well some handling crease marks. They married in 1891. There is no border to her photo.