(MUSIC) BAKER JOSEPHINE Silver print portrait

Sale 2204 - Lot 314

Price Realized: $ 1,200

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY JOSEPHINE (MUSIC.) BAKER, JOSEPHINE. Silver print portrait. 8x11 inches; sepia tone; some slight damage to the surface of the upper right corner; "47 Rue Dumont d'Urville. G. L. Manuel Rey," in the blank margin of the photograph; mounted to a piece of thin cardboard. Cordoba, Argentina, 1929

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A classic image of the dancer, singer and entertainer, taken at the peak of her popularity. Inscribed and signed: "Al mejor champagne del mundo, prefiero la 'Cerveza Cordoba,' most sincerely, your true admirer, Josephine Baker. Oct. 3/29." In 1928, Baker left Paris for an extended tour that included South America.