Mar 21, 2017 - Sale 2440

Sale 2440 - Lot 159

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
LUCIEN BERTAUX.
Josephine Baker in Blue. A costume design by Baker's longtime friend and designer, circa 1950. Graphite and gouache on board. 565x394 mm; 22 1/4x15 1/2 inches, on 24x17-inch board. Signed in lower right image. Two closed tears at lower right margin. Taped to window matte; framed. Provenance: Ex-collection of Jean-Claude Baker; exhibited "Josephine Baker: Image and Icon," Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, 2007.