?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
GEORGE KENNETH HARTWELL Three lithographs.
Burlesque, 1931. Signed and titled in pencil, lower margin * Untitled (Burlesque Patron), 1931. Signed and dated in pencil, lower margin * Untitled (Burlesque Stage), 1932. Signed and dated in pencil, lower margin. Various sizes and conditions.
Burlesque blossomed in New York during the hardscrabble years of the Great Depression. Working-class and unemployed men who were willing to part with a few coins formed a ready audience. Furthermore, the burlesque stage provided a steady income for the seemingly endless number of unemployed pretty girls looking for work. By 1937, the most famous dancing girls made between $700 and $2,000 a week.
