CHARLES MUNCH, conductor & JOSEPH BATTISTA, PIANIST signed reprints 14 x 21"

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You are bidding on 2 charcoal reprints, 14" x 21" each with a rusted staple signed endorsement card with signed autographs (unauthenticated) of CHARLES MUNCH  ((1892-1968) conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1949-1962) and pianist, Joseph BATTISTA (1918-1968), student of Sasha Gorodnitzki.
PORTRAITS ARE CLEAN. MY CAMERA PICKED UP SHADOWS FROM SUN SHINING IN WINDOW!!!!
Both reprints were removed from their frames and both have water staining at bottom of reprints.
The Charles Munch portrait was done by BETTINA STEINKE (1913-1999) who was commissioned to do charcoal portraits of Toscanini, Paderewski and 100 members of the NBC Symphony.
The original portraits are in the National Gallery, Washington, D.C.
The Battista portrait was done by Don Hewitt (1904-1998), American illustrator.
The 4" x 6" heavy weight stapled card stapled to Munch's portrait, has printed on it
"Charles Munch, It is my sincere pleasure to endorse and recommend the Baldwin Piano. Because of its brilliant resonant tone the Baldwin is unequaled in concerto works with orchestra or in recital."
(signed in black ink) Charles Munch
The card stapled to Joseph Battista's portrait by Hewitt has printed on it, Joseph Battista, "The Baldwin has a tone of singing beauty that expresses every musical emotion..." (signed in black ink, Joseph Battista.
I do not know if the black ink signatures are genuine or not. Both items were housed in a KIMBALL PIANO COMPANY frame.