Fine Books & Manuscripts
Tue, Jun 26, 2018 08:30PM EDT
Lot 469
Louis Armstrong Signed ?Swiss Kriss? Laxatives Advertising Photograph.
Estimate: $400 - $800
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Armstrong, Louis. Louis Armstrong Signed ?Swiss Kriss? Laxatives Advertising Photograph. (Chicago), ca. 1940s. Matte-finish gelatin print, tacked and mounted to board, with a fantastic scatological inscription to the photographer, Lonnie Simmons, Armstrong signing his given name and two nicknames: ?To Lonnie Simmons/Man you can Snap your ?Ars Off?/no shit/Louis Boy/Louis Armstrong/Satchmo.? 10 ? x 9?. With an original Western Union telegram from Armstrong to Simmons regarding the photo, and three other 8 x 10? images, two showing the image within a key-hole frame, as it was used for the Swiss Krissly advertisement, and one of Satchmo standing at the toilet with his pants down.
