CLAUDE A. DEBUSSY - AUTOGRAPH ENVELOPE UNSIGNED CIRCA 1910 - HFSID 166779
Price: $1,400.00
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Claude Debussy addresses an envelope to Monsieur Bertault.
Unsigned Envelope addressed by Debussy, 5x3½. French stamp affixed, postmarked at the
Victor-Hugo postal station, Paris, July 7, 1910. Addressed by Debussy to: "Monsieur
Bertault/4 rue du Boucher/V". "V" stood for "Ville" or "City". He's added in upper
right: "Pneumatique". There was a MR. BERTAULT with whom DEBUSSY had
financial correspondence. The Poste Pneumatique system was set up in 1866 allowing
Parisian post offices to exchange mail through a network of cylinders which move by
compressed air at about 18 miles per hour. This service was discontinued in 1984. Claude
Debussy (1862-1918) composed piano music, opera, cantatas, ballets, and orchestral and
chamber works. His most notable pieces are Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the
Afternoon of a Faun) (1894) and Nocturnes (1899). He was often inspired by pictorial subjects
(Monet's water impressions became Reflections in the Water for piano) and by nature
(Footsteps in the Snow, Still Leaves). Lightly soiled, worn and creased. Framed to an overall
size of 24¼ x21½.
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