Baker, Josephine. (1906–1975). Signed Ziegfeld Follies Photograph in Tusk Bikini . A thrilling Murray Korman of New York "keyhole" portrait of Baker posing in her famous 'tusk' costume designed by Vincente Minnelli for The Ziegfeld Follies, New York City, 1936. Boldly signed in blue fountain pen ink with her name alone. Mounting remnants on verso, else fine. 9 x 14 cm.
The musical premiered on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 30, 1936 and closed on May 9, 1936 after 115 performances. Produced by Billie Burke, Ziegfeld and Lee Shubert and J. J. Shubert, it was directed by John Murray Anderson and Edward Clarke Lilley, choreographed by Robert Alton, sketches directed by Edward D. Dowling, and ballets directed by George Balanchine. Scenic design and costumes were by Vincente Minnelli, with additional costumes by Raoul Pène Du Bois, and original orchestrations were by Robert Russell Bennett, Conrad Salinger, Hans Spialek and Don Walker. With Baker, the cast starred Fanny Brice, Bob Hope, Eve Arden, Judy Canova, Gertrude Niesen, June Preisser, and the Nicholas Brothers.
Baker was most noted as a singer, while in her early career she was a celebrated dancer. She was given the nicknames the "Black Venus" or the "Black Pearl", as well as the "Créole Goddess" in anglophone nations, while in France she has always been known in the old theatrical tradition as "La Baker."
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The musical premiered on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 30, 1936 and closed on May 9, 1936 after 115 performances. Produced by Billie Burke, Ziegfeld and Lee Shubert and J. J. Shubert, it was directed by John Murray Anderson and Edward Clarke Lilley, choreographed by Robert Alton, sketches directed by Edward D. Dowling, and ballets directed by George Balanchine. Scenic design and costumes were by Vincente Minnelli, with additional costumes by Raoul Pène Du Bois, and original orchestrations were by Robert Russell Bennett, Conrad Salinger, Hans Spialek and Don Walker. With Baker, the cast starred Fanny Brice, Bob Hope, Eve Arden, Judy Canova, Gertrude Niesen, June Preisser, and the Nicholas Brothers.
Baker was most noted as a singer, while in her early career she was a celebrated dancer. She was given the nicknames the "Black Venus" or the "Black Pearl", as well as the "Créole Goddess" in anglophone nations, while in France she has always been known in the old theatrical tradition as "La Baker."
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Baker, Josephine. (1906–1975). Signed Ziegfeld Follies Photograph in Tusk Bikini . A thrilling Murray Korman of New York "keyhole" portrait of Baker posing in her famous 'tusk' costume designed by Vincente Minnelli for The Ziegfeld Follies, New York City, 1936. Boldly signed in blue fountain pen ink with her name alone. Mounting remnants on verso, else fine. 9 x 14 cm.
The musical premiered on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 30, 1936 and closed on May 9, 1936 after 115 performances. Produced by Billie Burke, Ziegfeld and Lee Shubert and J. J. Shubert, it was directed by John Murray Anderson and Edward Clarke Lilley, choreographed by Robert Alton, sketches directed by Edward D. Dowling, and ballets directed by George Balanchine. Scenic design and costumes were by Vincente Minnelli, with additional costumes by Raoul Pène Du Bois, and original orchestrations were by Robert Russell Bennett, Conrad Salinger, Hans Spialek and Don Walker. With Baker, the cast starred Fanny Brice, Bob Hope, Eve Arden, Judy Canova, Gertrude Niesen, June Preisser, and the Nicholas Brothers.
Baker was most noted as a singer, while in her early career she was a celebrated dancer. She was given the nicknames the "Black Venus" or the "Black Pearl", as well as the "Créole Goddess" in anglophone nations, while in France she has always been known in the old theatrical tradition as "La Baker."
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The musical premiered on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 30, 1936 and closed on May 9, 1936 after 115 performances. Produced by Billie Burke, Ziegfeld and Lee Shubert and J. J. Shubert, it was directed by John Murray Anderson and Edward Clarke Lilley, choreographed by Robert Alton, sketches directed by Edward D. Dowling, and ballets directed by George Balanchine. Scenic design and costumes were by Vincente Minnelli, with additional costumes by Raoul Pène Du Bois, and original orchestrations were by Robert Russell Bennett, Conrad Salinger, Hans Spialek and Don Walker. With Baker, the cast starred Fanny Brice, Bob Hope, Eve Arden, Judy Canova, Gertrude Niesen, June Preisser, and the Nicholas Brothers.
Baker was most noted as a singer, while in her early career she was a celebrated dancer. She was given the nicknames the "Black Venus" or the "Black Pearl", as well as the "Créole Goddess" in anglophone nations, while in France she has always been known in the old theatrical tradition as "La Baker."
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