Sale 2471 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 29, 2018
361 360 (SPORTS—BOXING.) Exclusive Official Motion Pictures of the Sensational Heavyweight Contest between Joe Louis, Detroit’s Sensational Brown Bomber, and Jack Sharkey. Illustrated poster, 22 x 14 inches, in yellow, red, and black; 2-inch repaired closed tear, 3 small punctures, moderate dampstaining and soiling, mounted on foam board. Long Island City, NY: Empire City Job Print, 25 August [1936] [300/400] This poster advertises a movie theater screening of the 18 August Louis-Sharkey fight in the town ofWarsaw in western NewYork. 361 c (SPORTS—BOXING.) Sheard, Chester. Photograph of Muhammad Ali training in his prime. Silver print, 8 x 10 inches, signed and captioned by the artist in the margin; minimal wear. Np, image circa 1975 [500/750] Chester Sheard (1930-2015) was a photographer best known for his work in Chicago’s civil rights and music scene from the 1960s to the 1980s. Provenance: purchased by the consignor from the photographer in the late 1980s. 360
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