Feb 26, 2009 - Sale 2171

Sale 2171 - Lot 334

Unsold
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(MUSIC.) ELLINGTON, EDWARD "DUKE." Inscribed and signed Photograph. Silver print, 8x10 inches, by Maurice. Chicago, circa 1930s

Additional Details

Edward Kennedy, "Duke" Ellington (1899-1974) is one of America''s jazz giants. Ellington''s orchestra was the house band at New York''s famous Cotton Club from the late 1930s through the early 1940s.
A fine early bust portrait of Ellington, inscribed "To the most cheery Carrie, [?] loads of luck, Duke.