a group of 4 dye-transfer, 2 color digital inkjet, and 1 gelatin silver prints, including 4 plates from the Jazz & Blues portfolio, each signed and/or inscribed in pencil and with the photographer's copyright/credit stamp on the reverse, 6 framed, 1959-73, printed later, 4 from an edition of 50 (MoMA, figs. 12, 15, and 18) (7)

The photographer to music producer Joel Dorn

By descent to the present owner

Roland Kirk - This is a color digital inkjet print. In the upper right quadrant of the image, there is a tiny adhesion of indeterminate nature. The reverse of the print is inscribed in pencil 'Happy 60 to Joel from your pal Lee.' Aretha Franklin (singing) - This is a color digital inkjet print. The reverse of the print is inscribed in pencil 'Joel - Thanks for the help. Best, Lee.' Mahalia Jackson - This is a gelatin silver print. In raking light in the lower right quadrant of the image, there is a soft 2-in. handling crease. The reverse of the print is hinged to a mat with small pieces of cloth tape along the upper edge. Also on the reverse of the print, 'Mahalia 1957' and '1126-21' is written in pencil. Aretha Franklin - This is a dye-transfer print from the portfolio 'Jazz & Blues.' Upon close examination, there is a tiny, matte accretion of indeterminate nature above the sitter's mole. It is numbered '31/50' in pencil on the reverse. There are 3 small ricepaper hinge remnants on the reverse. Ray Charles - This is a dye-transfer print from the portfolio 'Jazz & Blues.' The upper right margin edge is creased. It is numbered '31/50' in pencil on the reverse. Miles Davis - This is a dye-transfer print from the portfolio 'Jazz & Blues.' The lower margin edge of the print is creased. It is numbered '31/50' in pencil on the reverse. John Coltrane - This is a dye-transfer print from the portfolio 'Jazz & Blues.' It is numbered '32/50' in pencil on the reverse.
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Included from the Jazz & Blues portfolio (New York, 1983)ꦰ are portraits of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane.  The other portraits are of Roland Kirk, Aretha Franklin🃏, and Mahalia Jackson.

These phot𒉰ographs come originally from the collection of Joel Dorn, acclaimed music produce🐠r for Atlantic Records, Capitol, and Warner Brothers, among others.  Friedlander met Dorn in the mid-1960s while photographing a number of musicians for Atlantic record album covers.  The two remained friends and collaborators until Dorn's death in 2007.