Mar 28, 2019 - Sale 2503

Sale 2503 - Lot 396

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(THEATER.) Pair of programs for the Folies Bergère featuring Josephine Baker. Each richly illustrated, 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches in original gilt pictorial color wrappers; minor wear. Paris, 1926 and 1937

Additional Details

Two programs from the French cabaret hall where Baker got her first big break. "La Revue des Folies Bergère 1926-1927," [40] pages, featuring a color portrait of Baker topless on the title page and two other color spreads "Folies Bergere 1937 en Super-Folies," [36] pages, in black and white with color reproduction of a nude painting of Baker tipped to first page.