Prof. Emil v. Sauer

 

Max Pollak

  1886 - 1970 (biography)

c. 1920  

etching, drypoint and sandpaper aquatint 

14 3/4 x 13 3/8" platemark 

pencil, lower right 

not stated, presumed small 

titled in pencil; "Made in Austria" stamped on verso 

 

cream wove vellum 

proof 

artist 

15588 

SOLD

A portrait of Emil von Sauer, 1862-1942, German pianist (Hamburg) and student of Franz Liszt, the only one to ever record. He also studied with Nikolai Rubinstein at the Moscow Conservatory. He performed as a pianist until 1936 and from 1901-07 and 1915 on he taught at the Vienna Academy. He was the first German to be given the French "Legion of Honor" and was knighted in Austria and allowed to add the "von" in front of his surname. His recording was done in the last 20 years of his life