Mar 21, 2024 - Sale 2663

Sale 2663 - Lot 196

Price Realized: $ 18,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
(ENTERTAINMENT--MUSIC.) The Greater Black Patti Troubadours. Black Patti, Greatest Singer of Her Race (Mme. Sissiereta Jones.) Lithographed poster, 43 x 28 inches; horizontal fold, a few short repaired closed tears; laid down on linen. Chicago : National Pr. & Eng. Co., circa 1900
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A spectacular and scarce poster of Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones (1868-1933), a popular Rhode Island-raised soprano. She was often compared favorably to the great Italian singer Adelina Patti, drawing the nickname "the Black Patti" (she preferred Madame Jones). In 1892 she performed at the White House (although she was required to enter in the rear of the building), and became the first Black singer to perform at Carnegie Hall. Although classically trained and successful in operatic roles, she found more opportunities playing vernacular music as the leader of Black Patti's Troubadours, accompanied by vaudeville performers. This poster dates from the period when the troupe was managed by Voelckel & Nolan. 2 in OCLC and none traced at auction.

With--a laminated page from the Minneapolis Sunday Journal featuring an illustration and short biography of Jones, 14 April 1907.