Menuhin, Yehudi. (1916–1999) & Enesco, Georges. (1881–1955) & Ciampi, Yves. (1921–1982) & Cortot, Alfred. (1877–1962) & Sokoloff, Nikolai. (1886–1965) & Thibaud, Jacques. (1880–1953) & Hambourg, Jan. (1882–1947) & Ciampi, Marcel. (1891–1980) & Franko, Sam. (1857–1937) & Menuhin, Hepzibah. (1920–1981) & Menuhin, Yaltah. (1921–2001)
Original Photograph, ca. 1931
Original Alban of Paris doubleweight photograph of the young Menuhins ca. 1931, surrounded by a group of important musical figures of the era, including violinists Nikolai Sokoloff, Jacques Thibaud, Jan Hambourg, and Sam Franko, pianists Alfred Cortot, and Marcel Ciampi (with his young son Yves Ciampi, who would later become a film director) and composer/violinist Georges Enesco. The group is shown in the garden of the Menuhins' Paris home, Ville d'Avray. With the photographer's stamp on the verso. Discoloration along the lower edge; else in fine condition. 8.75 x 7.75 inches (22 x 19.5 cm). Front row, left to right: Yaltah Menuhin, Hepzibah Menuhin, Yves Ciampi; Second row: Georges Enesco, Yehudi Menuhin, Alfred Cortot; Third row: Mme. Ciampi, Nikolai Sokoloff, Jacques Thibaud, Jan Hambourg; Back row: Marcel Ciampi, Sam Franko. An extraordinary image of an extraordinary gathering! (13665)Unsigned Photograph Classical Music