LIBERACE AND THE POPE.


Gelatin color photograph, 7 x 9 inches (178 x 228 mm), of pianist Liberace with Pope Pius XII, with photographer's stamp to verso ("Pontificia Fotografia / G. Felici / Roma"), with protective glassine sheet and original Papal transmittal envelope addressed to Liberace on Valley Vista Blvd in Sherman Oaks, CA, photograph fine; wear and separation to envelope.After featuring the "Ave Maria" in a 1956 episode of his television show, which taping was attended by the Pope's personal secretary, Liberace landed an audience with Pope Pius XII for himself and his entourage. Present in this picture, near the sedately dressed pianist, are his mother and his brother George.