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Lot #7360
The Last Waltz: Collection of (16) Vintage Photographs of The Band and Guest Performers

Estimate: $3000+

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Description

Collection of 16 vintage photographs documenting rehearsals and performances from The Last Waltz, the farewell concert of The Band, held on November 25, 1976, Thanksgiving Day, at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The photographs, glossy and semi-glossy, the majority 10 x 8 and 8 x 10, include both candid rehearsal imagery and onstage performance shots of The Band and guest artists during the concert and its extended late-night sessions, images captured by photographers like Neal Preston, Ken Regan, Annie Leibovitz, and others, whose credit stamps are present on the reverse of the majority of photographs.

Subjects are as follows (photographer noted, if applicable):

- Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, and Levon Helm of The Band (Preston)
- Danko and Robertson (Regan/Camera 5)
- Joni Mitchell (Regan)
- Mitchell and Robertson (Preston)
- Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, Danko, Robertson, and Helm (Regan)
- Ringo Starr jam session (Regan)
- Danko and Robertson (Regan)
- Eric Clapton and Pattie Boyd rehearsal (Janice Belson)
- Ronnie Hawkins and Robertson (Howard Rosenberg)
- Dr. John (Greg Robinson)
- Van Morrison (Regan)
- Van Morrison rehearsal with Levon Helm (Regan)
- Muddy Waters (Annie Leibovitz)
- Muddy Waters with Paul Butterfield and Robertson (Regan)
- The Band soundstage contact sheet with Martin Scorsese and crew (Bob Cato)
- Scorsese, Robertson, and another man at the film’s premiere in New York City on November 4, 1977, at the Festival Theater

In overall fine condition, with some edgewear and light creases, and a large diagonal bend to a Danko and Robertson photo.

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