Groenen, Joseph - Signed Photograph in Tristan und Isolde [PHOTOGRAPHY] being the first black person

being the first black person

Patricia Petibon and Martina Serafin (2)

Lydia Thompson

Italian tenor (1880-1939)

slight tear on top right and creases on other corners with tape residue on verso

Groenen, Joseph - Signed Photograph in Tristan und Isolde [PHOTOGRAPHY] being the first black personDutch baritone (1885 1959), signed photograph, shown as Kurvenal in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, inscribed. This is a "double autograph" photo with a signature on both the 4 x 5. 75 inch photo (which is matted onto soft cardboard) as well as on the matted area beneath. Photograph by A. Mocasigay, Hamburg. Total item size is 7. 5 x 11. 5 inches, some silvering on the photo, otherwise in excellent condition.