Caruso, Enrico - Chaliapin, Fedor - Maurel, Victor & Others - Fan Signed by Multiple Artists 1893-1907 _more Benefit - performance in Vienna

Benefit - performance in Vienna

with an important career in both Europe and the Americas

Gertrud Runger

Vaclav Hudecek

Caruso, Enrico - Chaliapin, Fedor - Maurel, Victor & Others - Fan Signed by Multiple Artists 1893-1907 _more Benefit - performance in ViennaWooden Fan, hand signed by multiple artists between 1893 and 1907. Fan belonged to German mezzo soprano contralto Therese Rothauser (1865 1943), a famous interpreter of Mozart and a leading performer in Leipzig and Berlin. Rothauser, who was Jewish, tragically perished in 1943 during the holocaust while being captive in Theresiendstadt concentration camp. Fan is full of signatures on both sides (we counted a total of 60), from artists, mostly singers