Feb 25, 2010 - Sale 2204

Sale 2204 - Lot 181

Price Realized: $ 2,880
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
(BUSINESS.) WALKER, MADAME C.J. -SCURLOCK, ADDISON. Madame C. J. Walker. Silver print portrait, 6x4 inches, with the embossed stamp of the photographer in the lower right corner. Washington, D.C., circa 1910-1915

Additional Details

The definitive image of the noted black business-woman and philanthropist, as seen on the labels of her many products, taken by one of the most noted black photographers of the day. See lot 361 for a self-portrait by Addison Scurlock.