Item #List2502 Signed Portrait of the Boxer Cecil Phillips. African-American Photographers - Athletics, Scurlock Studios.
Signed Portrait of the Boxer Cecil Phillips.
[African-American Photographers - Athletics] Scurlock Studios

Signed Portrait of the Boxer Cecil Phillips.

Washington or Environs: 1938. Silver gelatin print measuring 9 ⅛ x 6 ⅛ inches. Some creasing, very good. Item #List2502

A signed photograph of the boxer Cecil Phillips - of whom we find no record besides a negative in the Smithsonian’s Scurlock collection of this image. The photograph is signed twice by Phillips, and dated april 1, 1938. The Scurlock Studio played a significant role in photographically documenting the African-American communities of Washington D.C. and its environs during this period.

Price: $375.00