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Autograph sketchleaf for the Hammerklavier Sonata

Autograph sketchleaf for the Hammerklavier Sonata, including drafts of the fugue subject in the last movement, with unidentified sketches, apparently studies of fugal subject and answer, no place/date. 1 p., oblong quarto (ca. 22 x 29 cm.), 8 staves, notated in brown ink on five stavesfitted cloth folder and box, black-gilt label and spine, one hole affecting one note, two small ink stains.
Item Information
Material Type
Sketchleaf
Record Number
Sk29
Provenance
sold at Sotheby’s 12/5/97 lot 15 for £25,300 to Matthew Malerich, Bakersfield, CA; sold by Malerich at Sotheby’s, Dec. 6, 2002 to Berlin Library?
Catalog Concordance
not recorded in SV or J/T/W
Auction Information
Auction House
Sotheby's (London)
Lot Number
16
Date of Sale
12/6/2002
Sold to
unknown
Pricing Information
Treasures Tracking
Manuscript
Estimate Price
70000-90000 GBP
Sale Price
81260 GBP
Sale Price in U.S Currency
$127578.00