Six short strands of Schubert’s hair, presented in a handsome display featuring a portrait and engraved plaque detailing the provenance, in part: “A lock of Franz Schubert’s hair given to Mr. Otto Erich Deutsch cut right after his death and sent by Dr. Kaindlsberger to Knight Von Hartmann in Linz, who was personally acquainted with Schubert.” The display is double-suede-matted and framed to an overall size of 13.5 x 16. In fine condition. Accompanied by several pages of photocopied documentation as to the hair’s origins, including a 1928 letter from a member of the Von Hartmann family.
