Lot Essay
Certificate: Kenneth Warren & Son, Ltd., Chicago, February 27, 1981 with photographs attached; Erich Lachmann, Los Angeles, July 19, 1959; Caressa & Français, Paris, May 4, 1907
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A VIOLIN, KNOWN AS THE EX-SPOHR, ORLEANS, 1789
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NICOLAS LUPOT
A VIOLIN, KNOWN AS THE EX-SPOHR, ORLEANS, 1789
Labeled N. LUPOT Fils, Luthier, rue d'Illiers, á Orlèans, l'An 1789, signed internally on the back N. Lupot Paris 1795, length of back: 14 3/16 in. (361 mm) with case (5)
A VIOLIN, KNOWN AS THE EX-SPOHR, ORLEANS, 1789
Labeled N. LUPOT Fils, Luthier, rue d'Illiers, á Orlèans, l'An 1789, signed internally on the back N. Lupot Paris 1795, length of back: 14 3/16 in. (361 mm) with case (5)
Provenance
Ludwig Spohr
Various Owners
This Lupot is traditionally believed to have once belonged to the German violinist, composer and conductor Ludwig Spohr. Considered as famous as Beethoven and creating works seen on par with Mozart, Spohr acquired this violin in exchange for a G.B. Guadagnini. It is said that Spohr was struck with the violin's full and powerful tone and maintained it as his primary instrument.
Various Owners
This Lupot is traditionally believed to have once belonged to the German violinist, composer and conductor Ludwig Spohr. Considered as famous as Beethoven and creating works seen on par with Mozart, Spohr acquired this violin in exchange for a G.B. Guadagnini. It is said that Spohr was struck with the violin's full and powerful tone and maintained it as his primary instrument.
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