Feb 25, 2010 - Sale 2204

Sale 2204 - Lot 129

Price Realized: $ 1,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(ART.) HIRSCHFELD, AL. "Sweet Georgia Brown of 'Bubblin' Brown Sugar'-Vivian Reed at the Booth Theatre." Ink drawing on artist's board, 21-3/4x15-3/8 inches, signed and identified by Hirschfeld at the bottom; couple of pencil notations "Weekend." New York, 1976
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One of Hirschfeld's drawings done specifically for the review in the Arts and Leisure section of the Sunday New York Times. "Bubblin Brown Sugar" was written by Loften Mitchell and was set in Harlem of the 1930s and 1940s. It won a 1976 Tony for best musical and ran for 766 performances. Hirschfeld's Sunday Times drawings are scarce. Can you find the "Nina"?