Elssler, Fanny. (1810-1884). Autograph Signed Quotation.
A very rare autograph quotation from the legendary Austrian ballerina. On an 8vo album page, dated Vienna, 1.12.1877. "Die Natur muß der Gegenstand der Kunst sein, und die Kunst muß zur Wahrheit werden..." [Nature must be the subject of the art, and the art will become truth…] 20 x 12.5 cm. In purple ink, a shade light, else fine.
Elssler, Fanny. (1810-1884). Autograph Signed Quotation.
A very rare autograph quotation from the legendary Austrian ballerina. On an 8vo album page, dated Vienna, 1.12.1877. "Die Natur muß der Gegenstand der Kunst sein, und die Kunst muß zur Wahrheit werden..." [Nature must be the subject of the art, and the art will become truth…] 20 x 12.5 cm. In purple ink, a shade light, else fine.