Puccini, Giacomo

Fine large photograph of Puccini, (22 x 19 in.; 559 x 483 mm, overall), signed and inscribed on the image and on the mount in black ink: ``B[uenos] A[ires] 9.7.05 Al gentilissimo e carissimo Sig Ernesto de Ure all' affettuoso ricordo di Giacomo Puccini'', showing the composer dark-suited and moustached facing the spectator. In an elaborate contemporary frame, mounted and glazed.

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Formerly from the Rudi Sazunic collection, Buenos Aires. This handsome portrait shows Puccini in his prime. Ernesto de Ure was an Argentinan friend of the composer and a frequent correspondent of his.