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2009/43/1-3/7 Photographic print, black and white, portrait of Lovelace Watkins, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1963-1967. Click to enlarge.
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Photograph of Lovelace Watkins by Bruno Benini

Trained as both an opera singer and a boxer, Lovelace Watkins (1938-1995) was a Las Vegas-based soul singer and performer with a charismatic style and velvet voice. Nicknamed 'The Black Sinatra', Watkins toured nightclubs and venues around the world including in Europe, South Africa and Australia. With his signature boom voice reminiscent of Paul Robeson he received critical acclaim in South Africa at the height of apartheid with a street parade held in his honour.

Bruno Benini captured this …

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Unmounted photographic prints by Bruno Benini
1955-2000

Summary

Object No.

2009/43/1-3/7

Object Statement

Photographic print, black and white, portrait of Lovelace Watkins, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1963-1967

Physical Description

Photographic print, black and white, portrait of Lovelace Watkins, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1963-1967

Marks

On reverse, centre, in pencil 'Caberet (sic) singer / Lovelace Watkins / date mid 60's' , lower right, 'LOVELACE WATKINS - SINGER/ENTERTAINER', '118' in circle in upper left.

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Dimensions

Height

507 mm

Width

393 mm

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