autograph musical quotation from "les biches", signed and inscribed ("'les biches' très gai. four mr keith thompson cordialement francis poulenc" — Poulenc, Francis

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Estimate: £1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,506–$2,259
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Sale: Sotheby's — Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts, London · 7 December 2015
Dimensions: two bars notated in blue ink on a hand-drawn stave, 8.5 x 13.5cm, on a gilt-trimmed deckle-edged card, no place or date (probably 1950s)
Record ID: TB-2026-4430831
Record: first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Francis Poulenc, autograph musical quotation from "les biches", signed and inscribed ("'les biches' très gai. four mr keith thompson cordialement francis poulenc". Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2015, lot 180. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4430831.

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Francis Poulenc, autograph musical quotation from "les biches", signed and inscribed ("'les biches' très gai. four mr keith thompson cordialement francis poulenc". Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2015, lot 180. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4430831.

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