PHILIP HAYS (1931 2005) Bessie Smith The Worlds Greatest B

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Sale 2709 - Lot 259

Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

PHILIP HAYS (1931 - 2005)
Bessie Smith "The World's Greatest Blues Player."

Watercolor on board, 1970. 385x716 mm; 15⅛x28¼ inches. With the artist's ink stamp in lower right image. Inscribed "GVP 33 Cover Art" in marker, verso.

Accompanied by a copy of the record.

Provenance
Collection of Bruce Lundvall, New Jersey.
Doyle, New York, June 25, 2014, lot 124.
Private collection, New York.

Production
Record album cover illustration for The World's Greatest Blues Player, Bessie Smith, Columbia, GP 33, 1970.

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