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BOX 63-69 MAPCASE 5 | Iconography, 1885-1992 | ||||||||||||
Original photographs; photographic reproductions of original photographs;
reproductions of other images of Rachmaninoff, generally from published sources,
and of paintings, sculptures and renderings portraying the composer. This series
also contains photographs of family members, of identified and unidentified
individuals, and of places or events. Large posters and oversize iconographic material have been housed within the Music Division's Map Case 5, Drawer 15. Individual folder numbers within the drawer are provided. |
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Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||||
BOX 63, 66, 69 MAPCASE 5 | Photographs of SR Alone | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/1 | SR in his youth, circa 1883 | ||||||||||||
Reproduction of an original photograph. Matted print ; 17.7 x 12.8 cm (24.2 x 18.7 cm with mat) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/2 | SR age 12, at the time of his entrance to the Moscow Conservatory, 1885 | ||||||||||||
2 identical prints, reproductions of an original photograph; both 16.9 x 12.3 cm (24.5 x 18.6 cm with mat) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 66/1 | Composition class of Nikolaĭ Zverev at the Moscow Conservatory, circa 1886-1887 | ||||||||||||
Reproduction of an original photograph; matted print ; 17.2 x 24.1 cm (25.2 x 31.1 cm with mat) | |||||||||||||
Zverev is at the center of the photograph; SR, fourth from the right, is standing at Zverev's right shoulder; Aleksandr Scriabin is seated second from the left. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/3 | SR age 19, at the completion of his years at the Moscow Conservatory, 1892 | ||||||||||||
2 prints, reproductions of an original photograph; unmatted print 16.9 x 12.3 cm; matted print 17.5 x 12.4 cm (24.7 x 18.8 cm with mat) | |||||||||||||
Verso of the matted print bears an inscription in the hand of Sophie Satin indicating SR's age in this photograph as between 22 and 24 years old [i.e., between 1895 and 1897] | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/4 | SR, wearing hat, with small dog (spaniel) on lap, circa 1899-1900 | ||||||||||||
Matted print ; 12.5 x 8.6 cm (21.3 x 16.1 cm with mat) | |||||||||||||
Verso bears an English inscription by S. Satin: "Rachmaninoff visiting his friends Mr. & Mrs. Kreutzer (near Voronezh) in about 1899-1900." | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/5 | SR with large dog (Newfoundland), undated (circa 1902?) | ||||||||||||
Reproduction of an original photograph ; 16.6 x 11.4 cm. | |||||||||||||
The recto bears an inscription by SR in Russian, dated 1902. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/6 | SR, inscribed by him in Russian, 1906 | ||||||||||||
Reproduction of an original photograph ; 17.2 x 11.5 cm. | |||||||||||||
The recto bears an inscription by SR in Russian. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/7 | SR studio portrait, by photographer R. F. Brodovskiĭ (Moscow) | ||||||||||||
16.5 x 10.4 cm (image: 13.0 x 9.2 cm) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/8 | SR reading score, circa 1904-1910 | ||||||||||||
2 prints: print "A" is an original print, 14.2 x 11.4 cm ; print "B" 15.0 x 11.4 cm (20.5 x 12.8 cm with large border) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/9 | SR at writing desk, outdoors, circa 1909 | ||||||||||||
2 prints: print "A," a matted print, 14.6 x 11.0 cm (22.5 x 17.8 cm with mat) ; print " B," 7.6 x 5.6 cm. | |||||||||||||
Print "B" bears on its verso an inscription in Russian by S. Satin that reads "S. V. Rachmaninoff at Ivanovka (Tambov) writing the Third [Piano] Concerto [op. 30, 1909]. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/10 | SR seated, inscribed by SR in German to N. Franko, New York, 2 February 1910 | ||||||||||||
Reproduction of an original photograph ; 25.4 x 20.7 cm. | |||||||||||||
Photographer: Anderern [?] | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/11 | SR in profile, inscribed by SR in Russian to Nikolaĭ Medtner, 29 April 1910 | ||||||||||||
Reproduction of an original photograph; 18.2 x 12.0 cm. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/12 | SR | ||||||||||||
18.0 x 12.7 cm. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/13 | SR on riverbank, circa 1901 | ||||||||||||
2 prints, plus photographic negative; print "A" is a matted print, 12.9 x 8.9 cm (21.6 x 16.2 cm with mat) ; print "B" 16.1 x 11.8 cm. | |||||||||||||
Print "A" verso contains an inscription in English that reads "Visiting his friends in Khoper River, Saratov, about 1901." | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/14 | SR facing camera, right hand on chin, printed signature, Moscow, 28 April 1910 | ||||||||||||
Printed photograph ; 23.3 x 14.2 cm (image area measures 14.3 x 9.8 cm) | |||||||||||||
Includes a four-measure quotation from the Concerto no. 3, op. 30 (first theme, first movement) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/15 | SR in his first automobile, ‘Lorelei,' at Ivanovka, 1912 | ||||||||||||
Reproduction of an original photograph ; 10.2 x 12.5 cm. | |||||||||||||
Photographer: Natalia Rachmaninoff. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/16 | SR wearing hat, with dog (beagle mix, in foreground), 1912-1913 | ||||||||||||
Matted print ; 17.7 x 12.7 cm (24.6 x 18.3 cm with mat) | |||||||||||||
Inscription, by S. Satin, in English that reads "Rachmaninoff with his dog Bayan. Ivanovka, about 1912-13." | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/17 | SR in profile, 1918 | ||||||||||||
Photographic reproduction on a postcard printed by Wilhem Hansen's Musikforlag (Copenhagen) ; 13.9 x 8.9 cm. | |||||||||||||
Print "B" is a cut-out of SR's head from the same photographic postcard, it is accompanied by a small white envelope in which this cut-out was housed, and which bears an inscription, by S. Satin, in Russian, that reads "Small things / Serezha" [i.e., SR]. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/18 | SR standing at redwood tree, at Bohemian Club Grove, Calif., 1919 | ||||||||||||
25.7 x 17.8 cm. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/19 | SR seated, wearing hat, in Calif., 1919 | ||||||||||||
2 prints: print "A," with a matte finish, 16.9 x 12.3 cm . ; print "B," with a glossy finish, is a matted print 16.4 x 12.2 cm (25.0 x 19.3 cm with mat) | |||||||||||||
Print "B" verso bears the inscription, by S. Satin, in English: "photo / from Etude no 205. 1919 / California." | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/20 | SR passport photograph | ||||||||||||
4.9 x 3.6 cm. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/21 | SR at the piano, facing camera, left hand on forehead | ||||||||||||
Reproduction of an original photograph ; 16.8 x 10.6 cm. | |||||||||||||
Photographer: Hay-Wrightson. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/22 | SR at the piano | ||||||||||||
2 prints: print "A," 25.5 x 20.3 cm. ; print "B," 24.6 x 18.8 cm. | |||||||||||||
Photographer: Mishkin (New York) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/23 | SR, head shot, left hand on chin, undated | ||||||||||||
25.8 x 20.3 cm. | |||||||||||||
Photographer: Rembrandt (New York?) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 66/2 | SR in overcoat, gloves and cane, facing camera, circa 1920 | ||||||||||||
2 prints: print "A," 22.8 x 15.7 cm. ; print "B," 23.9 x 18.9 cm. (33.4 x 26.1 cm. with mat) | |||||||||||||
Photographer: Mishkin. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 66/3 | SR, facing camera, hands in pockets, circa 1920 | ||||||||||||
Studio portrait, 18.5 x 14.0 cm. | |||||||||||||
Photographer: Swaine. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/24 | SR in hammock reading, circa 1920 | ||||||||||||
2 prints: print "A," 7.7 x 13.8 cm ; print "B" 7.8 x 13.4 cm. | |||||||||||||
Print "A" verso bears an inscription, by S. Satin, in English: "Summer 1920-21 / or 1922-23 / New Jersey. Locust Point." | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/25 | SR seated at his desk, 2 November 1923 | ||||||||||||
18.6 x 24.6 cm. | |||||||||||||
Verso bears a typed description, in English, that reads "An informal pose of Rachmaninoff at his desk. This is not the desk which Mme. Rachmaninoff presented to the Museum of Art in Moscow." The words "Museum of Art in Moscow" have been crossed out in pencil, replaced by the words "Library of Congress," by S. Satin. Satin's inscription, from 23 March 1959, continues: "The Museum of Music [in Moscow] sent 3 times men to measure / the desk, but never took it from Steinway. Finally, the family gave / the desk to the L. C. archive." | |||||||||||||
Photographer: Steinway & Sons. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/26 | SR head shot, circa 1925 | ||||||||||||
21.6 x 16.9 cm. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/27 | SR head shot in profile | ||||||||||||
25.3 x 20.1 cm. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/28 | SR in profile, in overcoat, with cane, wearing hat, holding a camera | ||||||||||||
25.5 x 20.2 cm. | |||||||||||||
Photographer: Bain News Service. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 69/1 | SR studio portrait, 1926 | ||||||||||||
Matted print, 31.6 x 23.5 cm (44.9 x 35.6 cm with mat) | |||||||||||||
Photographer: Émile Marcovitch. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/29 | SR, inscribed, in SR's hand, to Josef Hofmann, New York, 29 January 1929 | ||||||||||||
Reproduction of photograph ; 24.4 x 19.1 cm. | |||||||||||||
Inscription, in English, reads "to Josef Hofmann my dear friend and constant teacher for many, many years... / Sergei Rachmaninoff." | |||||||||||||
Laid in: a typed letter, signed by A. W. Greiner [Greĭner, Aleksandr] on stationery of Steinway and Sons, New York, 10 May 1948. The letter is addressed to Sophie Satin. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/30 | SR, arms folded, facing camera, 1926 | ||||||||||||
14.5 x 9.8 cm. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 69/2 | SR studio portraits, 1927 | ||||||||||||
2 identical prints ; approximately 23.5 x 18.5 cm; the paper mats to which each photograph is affixed approximately 41.3 x 28.6 cm. | |||||||||||||
Photographer: Kubey, Rembrandt Studios. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 66/4 | SR, hands folded, holding pencil, studio portrait | ||||||||||||
Matted print ; 23.8 x 17.7 cm (35.5 x 29.0 cm with mat) | |||||||||||||
Photographer: Ursula Richter, Dresden, 1927. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/31 | SR as soloist standing in front of orchestra, Luzern, 1929 | ||||||||||||
2 nearly identical prints ; 10.0 x 14.7 cm. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 69/3 | SR standing at piano and in front of mirror, hand in pocket, circa 1929 | ||||||||||||
Matted ; 23.3 x 12.7 cm (44.7 x 35.7 cm with mat) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 66/5 | SR studio portrait (half-profile), circa 1930 | ||||||||||||
Matted print ; 23.6 x 18.7 cm (33.0 x 26.2 cm with mat) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 66/6 | SR at piano, circa 1930 | ||||||||||||
Matted print ; 17.4 x 23.3 cm (25.5 x 29.9 cm with mat) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/32 | SR seated at his desk at Senar | ||||||||||||
5 identical prints: four unmatted (approximately 12.7 x 18.0 cm) and one matted (18.9 x 22.3 cm with mat) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 69/4 | SR in profile, studio portrait | ||||||||||||
Matted print ; 34.7 x 26.5 cm (45.2 x 35.7 cm with mat) | |||||||||||||
Photographer: Adolph Altman. | |||||||||||||
MAPCASE-DRAWER 5/15 | SR composing at desk | ||||||||||||
Large reproduction (dot-matrix) in blue ink ; 45.6 x 35.5 cm) ; printed on large-bordered paper stock (56.0 x 43.3 cm) | |||||||||||||
Item is housed in Folder 1. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/33 | SR head shot in profile, 4 January 1933 | ||||||||||||
13.7 x 8.6 cm. | |||||||||||||
Recto bears inscription in SR's hand, one word, in Russian, initialed "S. R." | |||||||||||||
Photographer: George Faitzer. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 63/34 | SR seated, legs crossed, reading newspaper | ||||||||||||
2 identical prints, differing only in finish: print "A" has a matte finish (24.2 x 19.4 cm); print "B" a glossy finish (24.2 x 19.7 cm), and is matted on paper stock (24.9 x 20.5 with mat) | |||||||||||||
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