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WILLIAM GOTTLIEB (1917-2006)
Group of 4 portraits depicting iconic performers of the 1940s Jazz scene.
Oversized silver prints, the images
measuring 19
3
/
8
x15
1
/
2
inches (49.2x39.4 cm.), the sheets slightly larger, each with Gottlieb’s signature,
in ink, on recto, and each with his signature, title, and dates (2), in ink, and his 1979 copyright hand
stamp (2), or his Library of Congress copyright hand stamp (2), on verso; also with his signature and
title, in ink, on the overmat. Circa 1946-48; printed circa 1979
[4,000/6,000]
Billie Holiday
*
Art Tatum
*
Louis Armstrong
*
Roy Eldridge
.