INSCRIBED BY DUKE ELLINGTON

ELLINGTON, Duke. Photograph inscribed. No place, no date. Photographic print, measuring 7-1/4 by 8-1/4 inches. $1250.

Vintage photograph of a smiling Duke Ellington, inscribed: “To Willard Mulvany, Love You Dearly, Duke Ellington.”

A lovely portrait photograph of Ellington with a smile, wearing checkered jacket and striped tie. "Ellington combined a flair for orchestration with extraordinary gifts as a band-leader… Ellington is generally recognized as the most important composer in jazz history" (Grove, 137).

A handsome photograph, desirable inscribed.