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