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Portrait studies of conductor Albert Spalding
Portrait studies of conductor Albert Spalding

Portrait studies of conductor Albert Spalding

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Object Details

Title:
Portrait studies of conductor Albert Spalding
Date:
Date unknown
Artist:
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
8 7/8 x 6 5/8 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[verso, top in graphite]: SBT-4(27) / Albert Spalding; [verso, bottom upside down in graphite]: Moeris - / traditional name of / Pharaoh's daughter / Menepthah / Pharaoh of ExodusFrom 1927 through 1929, Oakley and Edith Emerson attended the meetings of the League of Nations in Geneva and made several trips to Florence, living there for several months at a time. In Florence, from October 1928 through July 1929, they were visited by their friend, American violinist Albert Spalding, who was a favored soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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