Mar 27, 2014 - Sale 2342

Sale 2342 - Lot 523

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MUSIC--MODERN JAZZ.) GOLDBLATT, BERT. Group of eight (8) 8 x 10 gelatin silver print photographs of modern jazz figures, includes. Lucky Thompson, Dizzie Gillespie, Roland Kirk, James P. Johnson, Thelonius Monk, Billie Holiday, Cannonball Adderly, and an unidentified trumpet player. [Place, date.]

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Bert Goldblatt (1924-2006) is well known for his photographic work for album covers from the late 1950's well into the 1960's. His style was influenced by the era of cool jazz and "film noir." His credits include covers for such stars at Billie Holiday, Herbie Mann, Carmen McCrae and others.