Composer and one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era (1819-1896). She and her husband, composer Robert Schumann, were early champions of Johannes Brahms. Rare mounted albumen 7.75 x 10.25 portrait of Schumann playing the piano, signed and inscribed in German on the reverse in black ink (translated), "Clara Schumann, to dear Ilona in memory of the years in Frankfurt." In very good to fine condition, with scattered scratches and soiling, a small hole to the left edge, and wear to the corners. Ilona Eibenschütz was an accomplished Hungarian pianist who studied under Schumann in Frankfurt from 1885 to 1890.
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