Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1739, the 'Kortschak, Wurlitzer, Hammig, Spanish Joseph'


Violin: 40428

Authentic, but altered; the original last digit was "5", but has been changed to "9."

Back: Two-piece

Length of back: 35.1 cm

Upper bouts: 16.7 cm

Middle bouts: 11 cm

Lower bouts: 20.4 cm

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Provenance

Wilhelm Hermann Hammig
Hans Isenberg
Joseph Haft
until 1912 W. E. Hill & Sons
from 1912 Hugo Kortschak
until 1923 Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.
from 1923 John Taylor Roberts
from 1925 Unknown
in 1929 Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.
from 1929 Rafael Malindo
in 1931 Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.
in 1936 Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.
from 1936 Austin D. Levy
until 1942 Emil Herrmann, New York
from 1942 Hymen Rabushka
in 1963 Dr. James K. Sutherland
until 1993 Cho-Ming Sin
until 1994 Bein & Fushi, Inc
from 1994 Uto Ughi
in 1998 Current owner

Known players

Joseph Rabuska

Certificates & Documents

  • Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg (1998) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1733; both side match the treble side of the 1734 "Kochanski" (ID=2807).
  • Certificate: Bein & Fushi, Inc, Chicago, IL (1994)
  • Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1942)
  • Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, OH (1926)
  • Letter: W. H. Hammig & Co., Berlin (1923)
  • Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, OH (1923)
  • Letter: W. H. Hammig & Co., Berlin (1919)
  • Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg Dating the youngest tree ring to 1733.

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References

  • Bein & Fushi 1994 Calendar, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
  • Bein & Fushi Catalog, Winter, 1993, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
  • The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
  • The Strad, November, 1973, London (illustrated)
  • Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesú (2 volumes), Carlos Chiesa, John Dilworth, Roger Graham Hargrave, Stewart Pollens, Duane Rosengard & Eric Wen, Peter Biddulph, London (illustrated)
  • Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
  • Private Archives - 10842
  • Wurlitzer Collection of Rare Violins, Violas & Bows, Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York (illustrated)
  • The Strad, June, 1963, London (illustrated)
  • The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
  • The Miracle Makers, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
  • The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931
  • The Violin Masterpieces of Guarneri del Gesù - Exhibition, Peter Biddulph, Peter Biddulph, London (illustrated)

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