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Lot 274

Sale 1192 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots 1-294
Jun 15, 2023 10:00AM ET
Lots 295-567
Jun 16, 2023 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$600 - 800
Price Realized
$819
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[AFRICAN AMERICANA - ENTERTAINMENT]. A group of 4 chromolithographs of African Americans performing the Cakewalk. Ca 1903. 


16 1/4 x 15 3/4 in. chromolithographs, each housed in 17 1/4 x 16 3/4 in. frames (toning, soiling, areas of creasing, some chipping and short tears to margins, unexamined outside frames). The chromolithographs, which were also used in advertisements of the period, depict African American vaudeville actors performing the Cakewalk. The four prints are said to be based on scenes from the 1903 musical comedy In Dahomey, featuring African American performers Bert Williams and George Walker, as well as their wives, Lottie Williams and Aida Overton Walker.

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