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NICOLAS LUPOT
Lot 104

NICOLAS LUPOT

A VIOLIN, KNOWN AS THE EX-SPOHR, ORLEANS, 1789

Closed26 April 2012

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NICOLAS LUPOT
A VIOLIN, KNOWN AS THE EX-SPOHR, ORLEANS, 1789
Labeled N. LUPOT Fils, Luthier, rue d'Illiers, á Orlèans, l'An 1789, signed internally on the back N. Lupot Paris 1795, length of back: 14 3/16 in. (361 mm) with case (5)

Ludwig Spohr
Various Owners


This Lupot is traditionally believed to have once belonged to the German violinist, composer and conductor Ludwig Spohr. Considered as famous as Beethoven and creating works seen on par with Mozart, Spohr acquired this violin in exchange for a G.B. Guadagnini. It is said that Spohr was struck with the violin's full and powerful tone and maintained it as his primary instrument.

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Certificate: Kenneth Warren & Son, Ltd., Chicago, February 27, 1981 with photographs attached; Erich Lachmann, Los Angeles, July 19, 1959; Caressa & Français, Paris, May 4, 1907