Lot 161
Humphrey Bogart Photograph From The Brown Derby. Huge photograph from The African Queen, 29½ x 23½ in., which hung on the wall of The Brown Derby, the famous Los Angeles restaurant which opened in 1926 and became a mecca for entertainers and politicians. A portrait of Bogart as the craigy, cantankerous tramp-steamer captain in the 1951 film, The African Queen, which costarred Katharine Hepburne. In the original ornate, gilt frame, 34 x 28 in. A few very minor dings to the frame.
Attached to the back is a Certificate of Provenance from Jocelyn MacKay, who was the Brown Derby's architect for 29 years.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000.
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