Ernest Bloch Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Ernest Bloch Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 15, 2023
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) Eight autograph letters and postcards signed (som
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) Eight autograph letters and postcards signed (some with initials, one in jest...
Christie's
Dec. 15, 2023
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) An important correspondence with Ernest Chapman,
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) An important correspondence with Ernest Chapman, 1933-1958
Christie's
Dec. 15, 2023
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) Autograph music manuscript signed of the Second S
Est: £6,000 - £9,000
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) Autograph music manuscript signed of the Second String Quartet, Agate Beach,...
Christie's
Dec. 15, 2023
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) Autograph music manuscript signed (at end, 'Ernes
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) Autograph music manuscript signed (at end, 'Ernest Bloch') for an addition to...
Christie's
Dec. 02, 2020
BLOCH ERNEST: (1880-1959)
Est: €100 - €150
BLOCH ERNEST: (1880-1959) Swiss-born American Composer. Largely considered one of the greatest Swiss composers. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, Ernest Bloch, the Shelburne Studios image from New York depicting the Swiss composer in a head and shoulders pose. Signed and inscribed to the matted border, also dated `N. York, February 1939´. Creasing to the upper right corner. G
International Autograph Auctions Europe, S.L.
Dec. 14, 2016
Cleveland Institute Ernest Bloch Composer Violinist Signed Autograph Letter to Austria Pult Tackstock Journal 1924
Est: $400 - $800
Included with this rare letter is an unauthorized web printed biography.
Hess Fine Art
Oct. 26, 2016
Swiss Composer Ernest Bloch Autograph Letter Mentioning a Number of His Compositions
Est: $750 - $850
Mentioning a Number of His Compositions and Sending Thanks for: “Your too dithyrambic, but moving tribute to E.B.!” ********** BLOCH, ERNEST. (1880-1959). Swiss-born, American composer of Schelomo and other modern masterpieces. ALS. (“Ernest Bloch”). 1 1/3pp. 4to. Agate Beach, December 8, 1947. To Mr. Griffith (possibly Kenneth E. Griffith from Shreveport, Louisiana, with whom Bloch corresponded). ********** “Many thanks for your kind letter and your too dithyrambic, but moving tribute to E.B.! Enclosed a few data ab[out] my published works. The Poeme Mystique was published –1925? – in Germany – Leukhardt! – Unfortunately – may be it is available at the Associated Music Publ. Inc. 25 West 45th St. N. York 19 – (?) Other works of mine are published by C. C. Birchard Boston (America – Helvetia – Concerto Grosso – four episodes) Carish (Milano) – Now possibly Carl Fischer, New York has my Piano Sonata – Boosey & Hawkes, London & N. York has the Violin Concerto – Suite Symphonique – and the Second Quartet – I will prepare a booklet with all these data, but I have so little time! And so much correspondence – and… no help – and poor health! With best wishes and greetings…” ********** After studying in Belgium and Germany, Bloch moved to the United States where he became the first composition teacher at the Mannes College’s New School for Music. From 1920 to 1925, he was the Cleveland Institute of Music’s first director, after which he was director of the San Francisco Conservatory until 1930. He returned to Switzerland, but came back to America in 1939 to accept a music professorship at the UC Berkeley. Bloch retired in 1952, continuing to live in Agate Beach, Oregon (whence our letter is written) from 1941 until his death. “The quality of Bloch’s output is, on the whole, high, particularly in the orchestral and chamber media... His firm beliefs in his own work and his faith in the spirituality of mankind make him a singular figure of 20th-century music,” (The New Grove Dictionary). ********** Folded with two staple marks in the upper left margin.
Lion Heart Autographs
Jul. 09, 2015
ERNEST BLOCH
Est: $200 - $300
ERNEST BLOCH (1880-1959) American composer whose composition largely reflected Jewish themes. A.L.S. 2pp. 4to., Agate Beach, Oregon, Sep. 4, 1942 in French to a lady. Bloch mentions that he is laid-up due to a fall and cannot provide and news concerning a proposed concert of some of his works. He adds some additional references to music, untranslated. Horizontal split, toned a bit, with a marginal chip.
Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
Mar. 25, 2012
BLOCH ERNEST: (1880-1959) Swiss-born American
Est: £100 - £150
BLOCH ERNEST: (1880-1959) Swiss-born American Composer. Vintage signed and inscribed 4 x 6 photograph of Bloch in a head and shoulders pose wearing a hat and overcoat and smoking a pipe. Signed in fountain pen ink at the base of the image, partially across a darker area although legible, and dated 19th January 1934 in his hand. One very light, small minor stain at the head of the image, otherwise VG
International Autograph Auctions
Jul. 17, 2011
BLOCH ERNEST: (1880-1959) Swiss-born American
Est: £100 - £150
BLOCH ERNEST: (1880-1959) Swiss-born American Composer. A.L.S., Ernest Bloch, one page, 4to, Agate Beach, Oregon, 19th November 1956, to Miss. Rosenberg. Bloch states that he wishes he had a more recent photograph to send to his correspondent, explaining 'This one was taken by myself in Berkeley, where I was still teaching, at the University (1942, 43??). I hoped to have my niece, who is an excellent photographer, take a few, in Geneva, or in the mountains, last summer....' and adding that health problems interrupted his trip to his native country. In concluding the composer writes 'I was quite ready for a short CODA...but, apparently, it has been postponed....the critics may agree with me - for once! - that it is too long....' VG
International Autograph Auctions
Jul. 14, 2010
Autograph: Ernest Bloch
Est: $100 - $200
Autograph: Ernest Bloch - Swiss-born American composer (1880-1959) best known for his large-scale, often Jewish-inflected chamber, orchestral, and choral works. ALS, one page, 7.25 x 11, August 26, 1955. Bloch sends thanks to Mr. Brewer for an article. In part: "Many thanks for sending me the excellent article you wrote about my career...It is very rare to have such a study made in German! As I told you, my work is almost unknown in that part of Switzerland." In fine condition, with scattered creasing, heavier to lower left, and small hole to left edge.
RR Auction
Dec. 04, 2009
Music - Ernest Bloch
Est: €500 - €1,000
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) A signed autograph letter by the violinist and composer addressed to Paola Ojetti in which Bloch tells about the sad "mesi di angoscia" he has gone through, written from the place in Canton Ticino where he lived from 1930-1933 (and where he composed Avodath Hakodesh), Roveredo - Capriasca Ticino Le 9 Juillet 1932. "Les mois ont passé...des mois de détresse, physique et morale, des soucis, des complications de tout genre, des catastrophes, des angoisses effroyables...l'écroulement puisque total de 30 années d'éspoùs, d'effort, de volonté tendre matériellement et spirituellement...J'ai veçu dans des tenebres où je me suis débattu désespérément...C'est peut être pour cela que j'ai gardé le silence (...) Après tout, ce n'est pas à nous de juger la Destinée, ni ce qu'elle nous impose- Nous ne sauvons pas. Notre effort, alors tout l'Univers nous semble noir". He goes on with an interesting account of the reunion of old friends at the Festival de Musique di Zurigo. "La plupart connaissent mon nom...mais rien de moi, ni de mon aeuvre...et j'ai passé au milieu d'eux, en mon pays natal, comme un étranger, seul, isolé, absolutemente méconnu (...) Mais d'autres ont cherché à me faire comprendre que je n'existais pas comme artiste créateur, que j'étais périmé au fond! Et ils cherchaient à me pouver cela par des théories subtiles (...) Je me suis donc mis, une fois de plus à étudier - à contre-coeur ces théories sadissant nouvelles...Et je n'y découvre rien que je ne sache, si ce n'est...des sophismes!...". 4to., 4 pp.
Aste Bolaffi
Oct. 14, 2006
BLOCH, ERNEST
Est: $250 - $300
606. ERNEST BLOCH (1880-1959) Swiss-born American composer whose compositions largely reflected Jewish spiritual themes. A 4" x 6" b/w photo of the composer at work on a score, signed "Ernest Bloch" on the mat. Some toning to edges of mat, otherwise good. $250-300
Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
Dec. 05, 2002
BLOCH, ERNEST
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
"Fr. Nietzsche" * Seascape with clouds * Seascape with beach. Together, 3 photographs. Silver prints, 5 1/2 x7 3/4 inches (14x19.7 cm.), the first is signed with a quotation by Nietzsche, in pencil, on verso; the others are signed, in pencil, on recto. Circa 1930s
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