Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1731, the 'Sorkin, Mischakoff'
Violin: 42178
Bearing its original label.
Back: Two-piece, quarter-cut, with relatively narrow flames ascending from the centre joint.
Top: Two asymmetrical halves
Scroll: unflamed maple
Ribs: intensely flamed
Varnish: Light orange-brown
Length of back: 35.1 cm
Upper bouts: 15.8 cm
Middle bouts: 10.5 cm
Lower bouts: 20.1 cm
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Notes:
"The ex-Sorkin Guarneri was originally thought to be a Strad, by the way, and my father was the one who told Hill & Sons that he thought it was a Guarneri, which they verified. It used to be called the 'Mischakoff' for that reason."Correspondence with Anne Mischakoff Heiles
Provenance
| Leonard Sorkin | |
| in 1940 | Mischa Mischakoff |
| ... | ... |
| from 1993 | Machold Rare Violins, Ltd |
| until 1997 | Dr. G. Austin |
| in 1997 | Machold Rare Violins, Ltd |
| 1997-1998 | Dr Herbert R. Axelrod |
| from 1998 and in 2002 | Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
Known players
Anton Sorokow, Leonard Sorkin, Wolfgang Sengstschmid
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1998)- Certificate: Kenneth Warren & Son, Chicago, IL (1995)
- Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1993)
- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1940)
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1998)Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)
References
Evelyn & Herbert Axelrod Stringed Instrument Collection, Dr Herbert R. Axelrod (illustrated)- Correspondence with Anne Mischakoff Heiles, June, 2006
- Correspondence with Anton Sorokow, March, 2006
- Correspondence with Anton Sorokow, June, 2006
- Joseph Guarnerius del Gesù, Cremona 1731, Ex-"Sorkin", Amati, New York (illustrated)
- Masterpieces of Violin-Making: The Collection of Bowed Stringed Instruments of the Oesterreische Nationalbank, Rudolf Hopfner, Skira, Milan
- Private Archives - 10746
- Startseite - Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB)
Evelyn & Herbert Axelrod Stringed Instrument Collection, Dr Herbert R. Axelrod (illustrated)
