Puccini, Giacomo - Signed Photograph with Autograph Music Quote Unsigned Photos - Ballet some smudge on ink

some smudge on ink

cracks over the left border and minor loss of paper over lower right angle

Size 7 x 4

dated by him in New York

Print is 10 x 15 inches

Puccini, Giacomo - Signed Photograph with Autograph Music Quote Unsigned Photos - Ballet some smudge on inkItalian opera composer (1858 1924), the greatest creator of verismo for over 30 years until his death from cancer. Beautiful black and white half tone photograph of the composer (originally made by A. Dupont, New York) mounted on a photographer's mat by Alfieri Lacroix (Milan), signed and inscribed by the composer in Bagni di Lucca, 1909, with three bars from Mimi's aria in La Bohme. Total size 6. 1 x 9. 9 inches, in excellent condition. Photographs