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William Claxton halima and chet baker redondo bea

William Claxton (b.1927) halima and chet baker redondo beach, 1955

Also includes Chet Baker with Russ Freeman, two gelatin prints, printed 1999, signed, titled and dated in pencil by the photographer, William Claxton stamp on versos with edition details annotated in pencil 6/25. paper size 35.6 28cm (14 x 11 in.) image size 34.2 x 26.5cm (13½ x 10½ in.).(2)

***Halima was Chet Baker's first wife whom he married in 1956, a year after the photograph was taken. Chet Baker with Russ Freeman was used as the cover of the bookYoung Chet, A Photographic Memory of Legendary Jazzman Chet Baker, Schirmer / , Mosel, Munich, 1933..