Sale 2458 - Art & Storytelling: Photographs & Photobooks, October 19, 2017

168 168 c ALFRED EISENSTAEDT (1898-1995) British PM Winston Churchill at a conservative rally in Liverpool, UK. Silver print, the image measuring 13 1 / 2 x10 1 / 2 inches (34.3x26.7 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with the title, date, and various press and reproduction notations, in pencil and wax crayon, and Life Photo, Time Inc., and Alfred Eisenstaedt hand stamps, on verso. 1951 [4,000/6,000] 169 c CARL VANVECHTEN (1880-1964) Group of 8 photographs of African American theatrical figures and musical performers. Silver prints, the images measuring 9 3 / 4 x5 3 / 4 to 9 1 / 2 x7 3 / 8 inches (24.8x14.6 to 24.1x18.8 cm.), each with Van Vechten’s embossed hand stamp on recto and most with his caption, inventory number, and date, in ink, and his hand stamp, on verso. Circa 1940-63 WITH—A Carl Van Vechten portrait of the opera star Marilyn Horne. 1961. [3,000/4,500] Pearl Bailey * Jimmie Daniels * Ruby Dee * Billie Dee Williams * Hubert Dilworth * Ruby Hill * Mattiwlda Dobbs * Gloria Dawy. 169