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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(EMPRESS OF THE BLUES) Portrait of Bessie Smith (1894-1937), legendary jazz and blues singer. Silver press print, the image measuring 9 5/8x6 7/8 inches (24.4x17.5 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with the sitter's name and date in pencil in an unknown hand, and the Culver stamps, label, and barcode on verso. 1925
