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Bessie Smith

"Bessie Smith" - Musician's Portrait Etching on Paper (A/P)
"Bessie Smith" - Musician's Portrait Etching on Paper (A/P)

"Bessie Smith" - Musician's Portrait Etching on Paper (A/P)

Located in Soquel, CA

"Bessie Smith" - Musician's Portrait Etching on Paper (A/P) Clean and modern drypoint etching of a jazz singer Bessie Smith by Maria Bennett (American, 20th Century).

Category

1970s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Drypoint

Listening to Bessie Smith
Listening to Bessie Smith

Listening to Bessie Smith

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Woody Gruber (1946-2022) Listening to Bessie, 1975. Etching on paper, plate measures 7 inches h. x 7.75 w. Overall framed measurement in 14 x 15 inches. Numbered, titled, signed ...

Category

1970s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Bessie Smith - If You Don't Like My Peaches - Don't Shake My Tree
Bessie Smith - If You Don't Like My Peaches - Don't Shake My Tree

Bessie Smith - If You Don't Like My Peaches - Don't Shake My Tree

By Stephen Longstreet

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Bessie Smith - If You Don't Like My Peaches - Don't Shake My Tree Collage, 1980 Signed and dated in pencil lower right (see photo) Titled in pencil lower left Original price verso '...

Category

1980s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Magazine Paper

Original Los Angeles (California) 1964 vintage travel poster Mid Century Modern
Original Los Angeles (California) 1964 vintage travel poster Mid Century Modern

Original Los Angeles (California) 1964 vintage travel poster Mid Century Modern

Located in Spokane, WA

Throughout his lengthy career, he designed over 50 stamps and postal cards on subjects such as the signing of the Constitution, Carnegie Hall, the Brooklyn Bridge, Ellis Island, and,...

Category

1960s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Offset

Gnarled Tree - African American Artist
Gnarled Tree - African American Artist

Gnarled Tree - African American Artist

By Charles Alston

Located in Miami, FL

Girl in a Red Dress is thought to be Bessie Smith, whom he drew many times when she was recording and performing.

Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

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Cotton Club

Cotton Club

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The club was a whites-only establishment even though it featured many of the best black entertainers and jazz musicians of the era including Lena Horne, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Elli...

Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Richard Merkin Painting Harlem Jazz Club, New Yorker Magazine Cover Artist
Large Richard Merkin Painting Harlem Jazz Club, New Yorker Magazine Cover Artist

Large Richard Merkin Painting Harlem Jazz Club, New Yorker Magazine Cover Artist

By Richard Merkin

Located in Surfside, FL

By 1917 he had begun working regularly in Atlantic City, New Jersey and in Chicago, often with such performers as Bessie Smith and Ethel Waters, whose staging he helped design.

Category

1990s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil

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Bessie Smith For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact bessie smith you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. You can easily find an example made in the modern style, while we also have 2 modern versions to choose from as well. Making the right choice when shopping for a bessie smith may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right bessie smith for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, brown, orange and gold. Finding an appealing bessie smith — no matter the origin — is easy, but Power Boothe, Charles Alston, Nancy Graves, Stephen Longstreet and Richard Merkin each produced popular versions that are worth a look. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in oil paint, paint and paper. A large bessie smith can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while smaller examples are available — approximately spanning 14.5 high and 11.75 wide — and may be better suited to a more modest living area.

How Much is a Bessie Smith?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a bessie smith in our inventory may begin at $920 and can go as high as $15,000, while the average can fetch as much as $4,500.