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Mead Schaeffer
Beethoven: A New Life, Original Magazine Story Illustration

1928

$11,000
£8,216.47
€9,525.69
CA$15,273.23
A$17,119.32
CHF 8,913.53
MX$209,034.21
NOK 113,169.41
SEK 107,274.42
DKK 71,071.97
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About the Item

Story illustration for “Beethoven: A New Life” by Emil Ludwig for Cosmopolitan, published December 1928, page 22. The full caption reads: “At the premiere of Beethoven’s heroic opera ‘Fidelio’ Napoleon’s officers occupied nearly the entire house, which had a great deal to do with the work’s poor reception __ for this new music had a strange effect on French ears.” Signature: Signed Upper Right Medium: Oil on Canvas
  • Creator:
    Mead Schaeffer (1898 - 1980)
  • Creation Year:
    1928
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 37 in (93.98 cm)Width: 28 in (71.12 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Fort Washington, PA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 39321stDibs: LU38435860462

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