Live Auction 3479An American Dynasty: The Clark Family Treasures
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Lot 80

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A FORTY-SEVEN STRING DOUBLE ACTION CONCERT HARP, GOTHIC STYLE, PARIS, CIRCA 1912-1915

Closed18 June 2014

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ERARD
A FORTY-SEVEN STRING DOUBLE ACTION CONCERT HARP, GOTHIC STYLE, PARIS, CIRCA 1912-1915
Engraved on the action plate Erard 4892 and on the reverse Erard 13, Rue du Mail Paris. The body and arm are of Birds-Eye maple with gilded banding. The round column with applied gilded decoration terminates in a carved pediment in a Gothic Revival style.l style.
70¼ in. (178.4 cm) high at the column, with a soft canvas cover

Acquired from Erard Pianos and Harps, Paris, June 11, 1959.
Anna Eugenia Clark (1878-1963).

Specialist note

Anna Clark was a dedicated student of the harp and was a student of Marcel Grandjany, who taught at the Juilliard School, New York.