George Gershwin Signed Check w/ Photo 8×10 – COA JSA

Presented is a check that was signed by George Gershwin. It is a check to a fund dated to November 11, 1935 for $20.00 and was signed by Gershwin on the signature line. The check shows cancellation marks. Also included is a black and white 8×10 photo with a facsimile autograph.

George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs “Swanee” (1919) and “Fascinating Rhythm” (1924), the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the jazz standards “Embraceable You” (1928) and “I Got Rhythm” (1930) and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit “Summertime”. His Of Thee I Sing (1931) was the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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George Gershwin Signed Check