Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1714, the 'General Kyd, Perlman'
Violin: 40254
Bearing its original label.
Back: Two-piece cut on the quarter with broad figure extending downwards from the center joint
Scroll: plain
Ribs: of wood similar to back with smaller flame
Varnish: Red
Length of back: 35.9 cm
Upper bouts: 16.7 cm
Lower bouts: 20.8 cm
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Provenance
| Dr. James K. Sutherland | |
| 1789-1793 | General Alexander Kyd |
| ... | ... |
| in c. 1810 | Joseph Mee |
| ... | ... |
| in c. 1830 | Thomas Fuller |
| ... | ... |
| in 1872 | Mr. Rose Fuller |
| until c. 1917 | Arthur Fuller |
| in 1919 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1919-1926 | Erik Bernström |
| in 1928 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1928 | Bernard Sinsheimer |
| from 1946 | Sophia Fischer |
| from 1949 | Elliot Fischer |
| in c. 1965 | Hans Isenberg |
| ... | ... |
| 1973-1975 | Howard Gottlieb |
| c. 1980-c. 1990 | Itzhak Perlman |
| from 1986 | Angela Gibbs Johnston |
| in 1992 | Uto Ughi |
| ... | ... |
| from 1993 and in 2005 | David L. Fulton |
| from c. 2005 | Anonymous |
| from 2010 | Current owner |
Known players
Itzhak Perlman, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Uto Ughi
Certificates & Documents
Letter: Alfred E. Hill, London (1928) "I consider it one of the most masculine and robust examples of the master's work, being built on very much the same lnes as the celebrated "Alard" and its tonal merits are of the highest. . ."
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1928)- Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey Dating the youngest tree ring to 1700.
- Certificate: Wurlitzer, New York, NY
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References
Antonio Stradivari, 1714, "General Kyd"- Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902
Bein & Fushi 1994 Calendar, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)- Bein & Fushi catalog, Spring, 1993, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago
- The Strad, November, 2002, Joanna Pieters, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
- The Strad, January, 1962, London (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Late Cremonese Violin Makers, Dmitry Gindin, Editioni Novecento, Cremona (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)