Lee Friedlander

a group of 7 photographs, comprising 4 dye-transfer prints from the Jazz & Blues portfolio, 1 gelatin silver print, and 2 color digital inkjet prints, each signed and/or inscribed in pencil and with the photographer's copyright/credit stamp on the reverse, 6 framed, 1959-73, printed later, 4 from an edition of 50 (MoMA, figs. 12, 15, and 18) (7)

The photographer to music producer Joel Dorn

By descent to the present owner

Roland Kirk - This is a color digital inkjet print. In the upper right quadrant of the image, there is a tiny adhesion of indeterminate nature. The reverse of the print is inscribed in pencil 'Happy 60 to Joel from your pal Lee.' Aretha Franklin (singing) - This is a color digital inkjet print. The reverse of the print is inscribed in pencil 'Joel - Thanks for the help. Best, Lee.' Mahalia Jackson - This is a gelatin silver print. In raking light in the lower right quadrant of the image, there is a soft 2-in. handling crease. The reverse of the print is hinged to a mat with small pieces of cloth tape along the upper edge. Also on the reverse of the print, 'Mahalia 1957' and '1126-21' is written in pencil. Aretha Franklin - This is a dye-transfer print from the portfolio 'Jazz & Blues.' Upon close examination, there is a tiny, matte accretion of indeterminate nature above the sitter's mole. It is numbered '31/50' in pencil on the reverse. There are 3 small ricepaper hinge remnants on the reverse. Ray Charles - This is a dye-transfer print from the portfolio 'Jazz & Blues.' The upper right margin edge is creased. It is numbered '31/50' in pencil on the reverse. Miles Davis - This is a dye-transfer print from the portfolio 'Jazz & Blues.' The lower margin edge of the print is creased. It is numbered '31/50' in pencil on the reverse. John Coltrane - This is a dye-transfer print from the portfolio 'Jazz & Blues.' It is numbered '32/50' in pencil on the reverse.
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Included from the Jazz & Bluesportfolio (New York, 1983) are portraits of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane.  The other portraits are of Roland Kirk, Aretha Franklin, and Mahalia Jackson.

These photographs come originally from the collection of Joel Dorn, acclaimed music producer for Atlantic Records, Capitol, and Warner Brothers, among others.  Friedlander met Dorn in the mid-1960s while photographing a number of musicians for Atlantic record album covers.  The two remained friends and collaborators until Dorn's death in 2007.