Sale 2471 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 29, 2018

306 c   (MUSIC.) Van Vechten, Carl; photographer. Portrait of opera star Reri Crist. Photograph, 12 1 / 2 x 9 1 / 4 inches; photographer’s copyright stamp and manuscript caption on verso. [New York], 8 December 1959 [400/600] 306 307 308 307 c   (MUSIC.) Overcast Night Club . . . In Person, Mr. Blues Lowell Fulsom and “Miss Soul” Betty Bibbs. Poster, 22 x 14 inches, in blue and black on card- board; horizontal fold, short closed tear in margin, tape repairs on verso. Los Angeles, CA: Colby Poster Printing, 29 December [1967?] [400/600] Advertises a New Year’s Eve performance by the blues guitarist Lowell Fulson (here misspelled) on Haight Street in San Francisco. Fulson was one of the most prominent blues musicians on the west coast.The year is not given, but NewYear’s Eve fell on a Sunday in 1967, and Fulson and Bibbs both released singles on the Kent label in 1968. 308 c   (MUSIC.) Poster for Josephine Baker’s comeback performance at l’Olympia in Paris. Poster, 23 1 / 4 x 15 1 / 4 inches, in red and black; light wear and 1-inch closed tear in lower text area, laid down on linen. Paris: Charles Maillard, 3 April [1968] [500/750] In 1968, Baker returned to the stage at the age of 62.