AVON LONG / PORGY AND BESS (1941)

New York: Robert McAfee, [1941]. Vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white print still photo, with various creases which are only noticeable when held up to the light, VERY GOOD-. Holograph notation in pencil on verso, blindstamp of photographer Robert McAfee at bottom right.

Portrait of Avon Long as “Sportin’ Life” in the first revival of the George Gershwin opera, the notations on the back tell us that this photo was prepared while the show was beginning a tryout run in Boston.