May 19, 2011 - Sale 2248

Sale 2248 - Lot 328

Price Realized: $ 2,040
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ADAMS, EDDIE (1933-2004)
Louis Armstrong and his wife, Lucille. Silver print, 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches (19x24.1 cm.), with the Eddie Adams Archive stamp on verso. 1960s

Additional Details

With a printed sheet describing Armstrong's 9-day diet plan, entitled "Lose Weight, the Satchmo Way," and his suggestion, "A laxative at least once a week, is very nice"; with his signature (both "Louis Armstrong" and "Satchmo"), in ink.