Desirable matte-finish 4.25 x 6.75 half-length portrait of Claude Debussy by adored Swedish photographer Otto Wegener, affixed to the original 8 x 10.75 studio mount, signed on the upper mount in blue pencil, with Debussy adding the date, "Juillet, 1916." In very good to fine condition, with thin silvering to the edges of the photo, light toning to the mount, and fading to the signature and inscription. A remarkable photo signed a year before Debussy gave his final concert on September 14, 1917; he became bedridden in early 1918 and past away from cancer in March at the age of 55. It is excessively rare to find a portrait signed by Debussy.
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