Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1731, the 'Gibson, Huberman'

Violin: 40406

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Back: One-piece ascending from treble to bass.

Length of back: 35.5 cm

Upper bouts: 16.5 cm

Middle bouts: 10.93 cm

Lower bouts: 20.25 cm

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Notes:

"This is one of two Guarneris, both from the year 1734, that Ricci owned in 1977."

Ruggiero Ricci, Simon Collins, The Strad, March, 1977, London

Provenance

	Mr. Morris
	Sold by Caressa & Français
	Mr. Berenstayn
until 1897	W. E. Hill & Sons
in 1897	George Alfred Gibson
until 1898	W. E. Hill & Sons
from 1898	Baron Johann Knoop
until 1899	W. E. Hill & Sons
from 1899	Hugo Henri Reifenberg
until 1925 and in 1925	Gustavo Herten
in 1925	Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons
...	...
in 1931 and until 1946	Bronislaw Huberman
...	...
1946-1956	Rembert Wurlitzer Inc.
1956-1999	Ruggiero Ricci
1999-2012	Hayashibara Foundation
in 2012	Sold by Tarisio Private Sales
from 2012	Current owner

Bronislaw Huberman, Midori Goto, Ruggiero Ricci

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The Strad 2006 Calendar, Newsquest Specialist Media, London (illustrated)
Copying the ‘Huberman’ for Ricci, Cozio Carteggio feature, Gregg Alf, October 2013
The Strad, November, 1989, Hannah Hanani, London (illustrated)
Private Archives - 10842
Private Papers
The Strad, March, 1977, Simon Collins, London
Salt Lake Tribune: Utah News, Religion, Sports & Entertainment
The Emil Hermann Collection - Part II, Andy Lim & Gregory Singer, Darling Publications, Cologne / New York (illustrated)
The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931
Tributes to 'del Gesù'
W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)