Bidspirit auction | BERG ALBAN: (1885-1935)

BERG ALBAN: (1885-1935) - BERG ALBAN: (1885-1935) Austrian composer. A highly unusual signed hand-print, one page, 8vo (approximately 17 x 21 cm), n.p. (Berlin), 14th December 1925. The black ink print is of the composer´s right hand and clearly displays the palmar flexion creases of his palm and fingers. Signed ( ´Aban Berg´ ) in black fountain pen ink to the lower left and dated 14th December 1925 in his hand. With the purple ink stamp of M. Rachig´s Handarchiv to the upper right corner. A rare and visually appealing form of Berg´s autograph. Some light creasing and age wear, and with a few small tears to the edges (one close to, but not affecting, Berg´s signature). G The extraordinary hand-print of Berg was taken in Berlin on the day of the premiere of Wozzeck at the Berlin State Opera on 14th December 1925. The composer´s first opera, Wozzeck is considered to be one of the most famous 20th-century modernist operas. The hand-print was taken by the palmist Marianne Raschig and used by her in her book Hand und Persönlichkeit. Einführung in das System der Handlehre , (1931).