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

377 c   (ACCORDION PLAYERS) An archive with approximately 95 typological photographs of children and teenage accordion players performing in competitions in Los Angeles, California. Depicting a host of awkward looking children of all ages, including one with a broken foot, performing on stage in front of a microphone. Many look at ease, while others appear tense and terrified. Silver prints, the images measuring 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.), and the reverse, approximately a third with a photographer’s hand stamp on verso, and some with the accordion center and photographer’s credit printed on recto. 1950s [1,200/1,800]