Rosé, Alma. (1906 - 1944). Autograph Signature and Portrait. Exceedingly rare autograph signature of the Austrian violinist of Jewish descent, daughter of violinist Arnold Rosé (concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic and leader of the famed Rosé Quartet), niece of composer Gustav Mahler and wife of violinist, Vasa Prihoda. She was deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where she directed an orchestra of prisoners who played to their captors in order that they should stay alive. Alma Rosé died there, probably of food poisoning. Rosé's experience in Auschwitz is depicted in the controversial play "Playing for Time" by Fania Fénelon.
Bold autograph signature on a card measuring 7.5 x 13.5 cm, dated XII/28 in her hand and with a mounted clipped newspaper photograph above. From a collection of similar format cards assembled in Vienna. This is the only example we have ever encountered of Alma Rosé's autograph in any format.
Bold autograph signature on a card measuring 7.5 x 13.5 cm, dated XII/28 in her hand and with a mounted clipped newspaper photograph above. From a collection of similar format cards assembled in Vienna. This is the only example we have ever encountered of Alma Rosé's autograph in any format.
Rosé, Alma. (1906 - 1944). Autograph Signature and Portrait. Exceedingly rare autograph signature of the Austrian violinist of Jewish descent, daughter of violinist Arnold Rosé (concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic and leader of the famed Rosé Quartet), niece of composer Gustav Mahler and wife of violinist, Vasa Prihoda. She was deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where she directed an orchestra of prisoners who played to their captors in order that they should stay alive. Alma Rosé died there, probably of food poisoning. Rosé's experience in Auschwitz is depicted in the controversial play "Playing for Time" by Fania Fénelon.
Bold autograph signature on a card measuring 7.5 x 13.5 cm, dated XII/28 in her hand and with a mounted clipped newspaper photograph above. From a collection of similar format cards assembled in Vienna. This is the only example we have ever encountered of Alma Rosé's autograph in any format.
Bold autograph signature on a card measuring 7.5 x 13.5 cm, dated XII/28 in her hand and with a mounted clipped newspaper photograph above. From a collection of similar format cards assembled in Vienna. This is the only example we have ever encountered of Alma Rosé's autograph in any format.