Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Prints, Miniatures and Books including 20th Century Art - 17th June 2009

Lot 70

Humphrey Lyttelton and the Jazz Age. Album of drawings and photos cut from newspapers

Estimate £50 - £80 | Hammer £120

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Description

Humphrey Lyttelton and the Jazz Age. Album of drawings and photos cut from newspapers, including 7 pen and ink sketches signed with initials by Humphrey Lyttelton of Benny Carter, "Pee Wee" Russell, Earl Hines, Bud Freeman, etc., that of Russell also inscribed underneath 'By kind permission of H. Lyttelton', presumably in the compiler's hand, pasted into a lined cloth-backed notebook, the upper cover with a defective sketch of "Fats Waller", loose, edges frayed, 4to, (23 x 17cm).