Evocative original candid photograph of the great American bon vivant, actor and pianist. A student of Schoenberg, he was a close friend and important promoter of George Gershwin and played the role of himself in the Gershwin biopic "Rhapsody in Blue." The present image shows a young Levant smoking a cigarette beside an NBC microphone. Stamps and labels to verso, a few area of in-painting from publication, else fine.  7 x 9 inches; 18 x 23.5 cm.