‘Calla Lilies (Bert Savoy)’
#CharlesDemuth, 1926: one of Demuth’s series of portraits of his friends (#GeorgiaOKeefe, etc.) using elements symbolic of their lives. Famous female impersonator & vaudeville star #BertSavoy had died, struck by lightning, in 1923.

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Bert Savoy and his sidekick Jay Brennan in their vaudeville act. In 1923 Savoy and a friend were watching a thunderstorm. Savoy said “Ain't Miss God cuttin' up somethin' awful!” And then a bolt of lightning struck him dead.

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Here's a snippet from the recording of Savoy's and Brennan's vaudeville act.