Original poster art for Paris Blues. ...

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Original poster art for Paris Blues. Original poster art for Paris Blues. (United Artists, 1961) Original black-and-white poster art for the socially progressive film Paris Blues. Accomplished in gouache on 15 x 19.5 in. illustration board. The artwork features a beautiful likeness of Sidney Poitier as "Eddie Cook" playing a saxophone. Minor soiling with some tape remnants on edges. In overall, very good condition.

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