Attractive color 6.75 x 9.25 paperstock photo of a topless Josephine Baker wearing a pearled outfit with red feather tail, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Madame and Mr. Casaravilla, with sincer[e] admiration and best wishes, Josephine Baker, Buenos Aires, July 15/39.” Affixed to a 9.25 x 11.75 cardstock mount. In very good to fine condition, with some light staining, and scattered flecks of surface loss. Baker's response to her own nudity: 'I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on.' Signed nude portraits of Baker are generally uncommon, especially in color and larger-than-postcard size.
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