Original photograph of Billie Holiday, 1957

by Billie Holiday, subject

$850 · Offered by Royal Books

N.p. N.p., 1957. Vintage candid photograph of American vocalist and jazz great Billie Holiday draped in white satin and fur, taking a smoke break backstage at the Newport Jazz Festival in Freebody Park, Rhode Island on July 6, 1957.The legendary show at which the album Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport 1958 was recorded. 4 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Book #148805

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