[AFRICAN AMERICANA] -- [MUSIC & THEATRE]. Group of 10 items, incl. programs and photography.
Sale 1136 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Mar 27, 2023
Lots Close
Apr 4, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$150 -
$300
Item was unsold
Lot Description
[AFRICAN AMERICANA] -- [MUSIC & THEATRE]. Group of 10 items, incl. programs and photography.
Michael Todd's Hot Mikado with Bill Robinson. New York: 1939. Souvenir program. -- Porgy and Bess. New York: Artcraft Litho & Ptg. Co. [1940s]. Souvenir program. -- Porgy and Bess. England: n.d. Souvenir program. -- Jump for Joy. N.p.: 1941. Souvenir program from American Revue Theatre's presentation of Duke Ellington in "Jump for Joy" with Dorothy Dandridge, Ivy Anderson, and Herb Jeffries. -- "Stormy Weather. Cotton Club presents Ethel Waters, George Dewey Washington in Cotton Club Parade 22nd Edition with Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra." New York: Mills Music Inc., 1933. Sheet music. -- "Stormy Weather." New York: Mills Music Inc., 1933. Musical score from the 20th Century-Fox production of "Stormy Weather" with Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway and his band. -- Supersonic Show of Stars of 1961. N.p., [1961]. Program featuring Jackie Wilson as headliner. --Together, 7 programs, each approx. 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. or smaller. Condition generally good, with some corner/edge wear, minor spotting or light stains.
[With:] MASON, Sonnie, photographer. 3 silver gelatin photographs of musicians Freddy Hubbard, Donald Byrd, and Bennie Maupin (each in near excellent condition, with rich tonality, occasional spotting to versos, some light corner creasing). Photographer's stamp to versos. Views of 3 legendary jazz musicians performing at a concert at Howard University.
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