Signed 8 x 10 inch photograph of the celebrated tap-dancing duo whose suppleness, strength, and fearlessness made them one of the greatest tap dance acts of all time. A marvelous and uncommon early image of them, boldly signed and inscribed in fountain pen ink to saxophonist Lowell "Count" Hastings, "To Count / With Every / Good Wish / Nicholas Brothers / 1953." Light stains and marks to upper corners, else fine. 8 x 10 inches; 20.3 x 25.4 cm.

Lowell Hastings, aka “Count” Hastings, aka “Red” Hastings (1916–1993) was a well-known American jazz and rhythm and blues saxophone player, who played regularly with Earl Bostic, Lucky Millinder, Illinois Jacquet, Tiny Bradshaw, Panama Francis, Little Willie John and Louis Jordan. A hugely experienced tenor sax man, he is probably best known for his 1949–1951 spell with the Earl Bostic group.