BESSIE SMITH [ca. 1928] Portrait

New York: Np, [ca. 1928]. Vintage original 10 x 8″ (25 x 20 cm) black-and-white photo. Received conservation to address significant creasing and paper loss in top left corner (area of dark background). Good+.

A glamorous portrait of “the Empress of the Blues” Bessie Smith at the peak of her success, by a New York photographer.