Oct 28, 2021 - Sale 2584

Sale 2584 - Lot 121

Price Realized: $ 150
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 200
VONNEGUT, KURT. Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "For Al Bennett, a loved / member of this little family," group portrait by Jill Krementz showing him seated near a stage surrounded by the cast of God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Inscribed in the blank lower margin. Additionally dated and signed by the photographer at lower left and right. 11x14 inches; photographer's ink stamp on verso; puncture and tear at lower right affecting Krementz's signature (without loss), creases affecting portrait at middle left and right. Sold as is. Np, circa May 1979

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In May of 1979, the musical adaptation of Vonnegut's novel of the same name, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, was workshopped at the WPA Theatre in New York. The musical was produced off-Broadway later that year at Entermedia Theatre, and revival productions were made in 1981 and 2016.