JOHN RAITT - INSCRIBED ORIGINAL ART SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: DIAHANN CARROLL - HFSID 298381
Sale Price $204.00
Reg. $240.00
JOHN RAITT and DIAHANN CARROLL
Original portrait of Carroll, drawn by John Raitt, signed by both!
Original Art inscribed and signed: "For John-/My best wishes,/Diahann Carroll", 5x8. Pencil
drawing also signed by the artist "Raitt". The first Black woman to star in her own TV
sitcom (Julia, 1968-1971), Diahann Carroll (b. 1935) won a scholarship to study at the
Metropolitan Opera at the age of ten. In 1954 she debuted on Broadway in House of Flowers
and starred in an all-Black film adaptation of Carmen. Over her 40-year career, Carroll has
won a Tony Award (No Strings, 1962) and an Emmy and Golden Globe for Julia; she was
nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for Claudine (1974) and for a second Emmy for her guest
role on A Different World (1989). She had a recurring role in Dynasty (1984-1987). In
addition to breaking color barriers in entertainment, Carroll was the first Black woman to
launch her own clothing line (1997).While in college in the 1930s, JOHN RAITT began
drawing portraits of famous people. He sent his artwork to each subject with a request that it
be autographed and returned to him. Two horizontal folds. Tape affixed at top left corner.
Otherwise, fine condition.
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