Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Turin, 1772, the 'Culbertson'
Violin: 44722
Bearing its original label, "Joannes Baptista Guadagnini / Cremonensis fecit Taurini. / 1772 / GBT / T."
Back: One-piece of broad horizontal curl
Top: of medium grain, somewhat broader at the flanks
Scroll: plain
Ribs: of narrower figure
Varnish: Brownish-orange
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 16.5 cm
Middle bouts: 11.3 cm
Lower bouts: 20.3 cm
Notes:
The Sotheby's catalogs list neither the provenance nor the Herrmann certificate.Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 22, 1990, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 22, 1990, London, London
Provenance
| until 1906 | August Herrmann |
| 1906-1921 | Sascha Culbertson |
| 1921-1922 | Emil Herrmann, Berlin |
| from 1922 | Ralph Lewando |
| in 1977 | Sold by Sotheby Parke Bernet |
| ... | ... |
| in 1990 | Sold by Sotheby's |
Known players
Sascha Culbertson
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Max Möller & Son, Amsterdam (1977)- Certificate: Alfred Vidoudez, Geneva (1920)
- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY
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References
Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)- Sotheby Parke Bernet Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, April 5, 1977, New York, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, New York (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 22, 1990, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
- Sotheby's Photo Archive
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)