Sale 2502 - Autographs, March 21, 2019

176 c   BARTÓK, BÉLA. Photograph Signed, half-length portrait by Ernest Nash showing him in profile while seated at the piano. Signed in the image, at upper left edge. 7x6 3 / 4 inches; some fading to signature, scattered dings. Np, nd [700/1,000] with — Printed invitation for the ceremony attending the exhumation of Bartók’s remains in New York on June 22, 1988, prior to their transfer to Budapest. 4 pages, small 8vo, folded sheet. 177 c   BRITTEN, BENJAMIN. Two items: Photograph Signed * Christmas card Signed and Inscribed. The photograph, portrait of his hands playing piano by Jacobi. Signed in the image, lower left. 7 3 / 4 x10 inches; few scattered dings, minor loss to emulsion in left margin. The card, [to Betty Randolph Bean,] sending Christmas and New Year wishes: “[Peter Pears] gone where? / Ben / wish I were with you all.” The cover shows a reproduction of a line drawing representing the Red House in Aldeburgh. 4 pages, oblong 12mo, folded sheet. Np; Aldeburgh, nd [300/400] with — Peter Pears. Three items, to Betty Randolph Bean: Two Autograph Notes Signed, “Peter,” and a Christmas card with holograph inscription, unsigned. The notes, sending a copy of his letter inviting John Parker Murdock to a performance of War Requiem , or inviting her for a visit and mentioning Ben’s improvement. The card: “With love / Did you ever come to England?” A photograph tipped to card shows the Red House. 8vo or smaller. Aldeburgh, [29 November 1982]; nd. One with the original envelope. 176