HEPBURN KATHARINE: (1907-2003) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1932/33 for her role as Eva Lovelace in Morning Glory, in 1967 for her role as Christina Drayton in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, in 1968 for her role as Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter and again in 1981 for her role as Ethel Thayer in On Golden Pond. Vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph, the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer publicity portrait depicting the actress in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue fountain pen ink with her name alone to a light area at the base of the image. A few light, minor stains to the lower left edge and a few very light surface creases, otherwise about VG
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PERON JUAN: (1895-1974) Argentine statesman who served as President of Argentina 1946-55, 1973-74. Vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of Peron standing in a relaxed three-quarter length pose, with a cigarette in one hand, alongside a poster issued in memory of Eva Peron and featuring her profile portrait. Signed by Peron in blue fountain pen ink to a light area of the image and dated at Ciudad Trujillo (Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic), 12th August 1958, during the early years of Peron´s exile. Neatly mounted to a stiff card and with numerous surface creases and evidence of a few tears to the edges. About G
ALBERTSON JACK: (1907-1981) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1968 for his role as John Cleary in The Subject Was Roses. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Albertson in a smiling head and shoulders pose wearing a bowtie. Signed in black ink with his name alone to a lighter area of the image. Together with four signed 8 x 10 photographs by each of the other Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominees of 1968 comprising Seymour Cassel (for his performance as Chet in Faces), Daniel Massey (for his performance as Noel Coward in Star!; the image being a publicity portrait issued for the film), Jack Wild (for his performance as The Artful Dodger in Oliver!; the image depicting him in a head and shoulders pose in costume from the film), and Gene Wilder (for his performance as Leo Bloom in The Producers). All are signed, three in bold fountain pen inks, by the actors with their names alone to the images. VG to EX, 5
DAVIS BETTE: (1908-1989) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1935 for her role as Joyce Heath in Dangerous and again in 1938 for her role as Julie Marsden in Jezebel. Vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph, the Warner Bros. publicity portrait showing the actress in an appealing head and shoulders pose in costume as Henriette Deluzy-Desportes from the American drama film All This, and Heaven Too (1940). Signed by Davis in blue fountain pen ink with her name alone to the image, partially across a darker area. About VG
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS: A good selection of five signed 8 x 10 photographs (one very slightly smaller) by various Academy Award winners for Best Actress from the 1940s - 1960s comprising Joan Fontaine (for her performance as Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth in Suspicion, 1941), Loretta Young (for her performance as Katie Holstrom in The Farmer´s Daughter, 1947; the photograph being an original vintage publicity portrait from the film), Jane Wyman (for her performance as Belinda McDonald in Johnny Belinda, 1948), Patricia Neal (for her performance as Alma Brown in Hud, 1963), and Julie Christie (for her performance as Diana Scott in Darling, 1965). All are boldly signed, largely to lighter areas of the images, and none are inscribed. Generally VG, 5
HILLER WENDY: (1912-2003) English actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1958 for her role as Pat Cooper in Separate Tables. A good signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage publicity portrait depicting the actress in a head and shoulders pose, gently resting the side of her face on one raised hand. A printed caption to the verso states, in part, ´....Wendy Hiller appears in her first Hollywood movie, MGM´s "Something of Value". As Rock Hudson´s sister, Miss Hiller portrays a courageous woman fighting her own battle against the Kenya Mau Mau´. Signed by Hiller in bold, dark fountain pen ink with her name alone across a largely lighter area at the base of the image. About EXWendy Hiller portrayed Elizabeth McKenzie in the American drama film Something of Value (1957).
ANDREWS JULIE: (1935- ) English actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1964 for her role as Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins. A good signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage publicity portrait depicting Andrews in a smiling head and shoulders pose and issued at the time of her appearance in The Americanization of Emily (1964) in the role of Emily Barham. Signed by Andrews in bold blue fountain pen ink with her name alone across the base of the image. One very small, minor stain to the left white border, otherwise VG
ROBARDS JASON: (1922-2000) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1976 for his role as Ben Bradlee in All the President’s Men and again in 1977 for his role as Dashiell Hammett in Julia. Signed 8 x 9.5 photograph, the original vintage publicity portrait depicting the actor in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in black ink with his name alome to a lighter area of the image. Together with four signed 8 x 10 photographs by several of the other Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominees of 1976 (3) and 1977 (1) comprising Ned Beatty (for his performance as Arthur Jensen in Network), Burgess Meredith (for his performance as Mickey Goldmill in Rocky; a good vintage signed sepia photograph), Burt Young (for his performance as Paulie Pennino in Rocky), and Peter Firth (for his performance as Alan Strand in Equus; the image depicting the actor in a head and shoulders pose in costume from the film). All are boldly signed, Meredith in fountain pen ink, to clear areas of the images and none are inscribed. VG to EX, 5
VERDI GIUSEPPE: (1813-1901) Italian Composer. A very fine signed and inscribed cabinet photograph, the sepia Bruckmann´s image, from Munich, depicting Verdi in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold dark ink to the clear lower border `G. Verdi´, also dated in his hand, Genoa, 24th December 1886. Bearing to the base the photographer´s address and to the heading "Bruckmann´s Portrait-Collection". About VG
BUONO VICTOR: (1938-1982) American character actor, an Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor in 1962 for his performance as Edwin Flagg in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. A rare signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph, the original vintage publicity portrait depicting the actor seated in a three-quarter length pose, in costume as the serial killer Leo Kroll, holding a doll in one hand, from the American psychological thriller film The Strangler (1964). Signed by Buono in red ink to the image, his signature across a slightly darker area, although reasonably legible. Signed photographs of Buono are rare as a result of his untimely death at the age of 43. VG
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES: A good selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various actresses, each of them Best Actress Oscar nominees in the first half of the 1970s, comprising Janet Suzman (for her performance as Empress Alexandra of Russia in Nicholas and Alexandra, 1971; the image depicting her in costume from the film), Diahann Carroll (for her performance as Claudine Price in Claudine, 1974; the image depicting her in a close.up portrait study from the film), Valerie Perrine (for her performance as Harriett Jolliff/Honey Bruce in Lenny, 1974), Gena Rowlands (for her performance as Mabel Longhetti in A Woman Under the Influence, 1974), Isabelle Adjani (for her performance as Adele Hugo/Adele Lewly in The Story of Adele H., 1975), Ann-Margret (for her performance as Nora Walker in Tommy, 1975), and Carol Kane (for her performance as Gitl in Hester Street, 1975). All are boldly signed, three in fountain pen inks, largely to clear areas of the images, and none are inscribed. Colour (2). VG to EX, 7
SULLAVAN MARGARET: (1909-1960) American actress, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actress in 1938 for her performance as Patricia ´Pat´ Hollmann in Three Comrades. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the original and well-lit Universal Pictures publicity portrait depicting the actress in a head and shoulders pose resting the side of her face on her partially raised arms. Signed in fountain pen ink to the image. An ink annotation in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person at the Vanderbilt Theatre in New York following a performance of New Faces of 1936 on 5th June 1936. Scarce. A few very light, extremely minor surface and corner creases, VG
BINOCHE JULIETTE: (1964- ) French Actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1996 for her role as Hana in The English Patient. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Binoche in a smiling head and shoulders pose with her Oscar statuette. Signed in bold black ink with her name alone to a lighter area of the image. Together with three signed 8 x 10 photographs by some of the other Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominees of 1996 comprising Lauren Bacall (for her performance as Hannah Morgan in The Mirror Has Two Faces), Barbara Hershey (for her performance as Madame Serena Merle in The Portrait of a Lady), and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (for her performance as Hortense Cumberbatch in Secrets & Lies; the image depicting her in costume from the film). All are boldly signed with their names alone to clear areas of the images. VG to EX, 4
MILLER ARTHUR: (1915-2005) American playwright, Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, 1949. An unusual signed 10 x 8 photograph, the original vintage United Artists publicity portrait dating from 1960 and depicting Miller in a full-length pose during a break in the filming of The Misfits, the printed caption affixed to the verso explaining ´Playing as hard as he works, Arthur Miller risks heat exhaustion and sunstroke in temperatures that rose as high as 110 degrees.....to play "desert bocci", an improvised form of the Italian bowling game played with Coke bottles and a wheel from a camera dolly´. Signed by Miller in bold, dark blue fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image. A couple of very light, extremely minor light stains to the lower part of the image, otherwise VGArthur Miller wrote the screenplay for the American contemporary Western film The Misfits (1961) which was directed by John Huston and starred Clark Gable and Miller´s wife at the time, Marilyn Monroe. The movie would be both Gable and Monroe´s final completed film.
BACON FRANCIS: (1909-1992) Irish-born British painter. A.L.S., Francis (twice), to two sides of a printed 8vo folding invitation card to the opening of an exhibition of Bacon´s recent paintings at the Galerie Maeght in Paris on 15th November 1966, n.p. (Paris). n.d. (November 1966), to George and Marguerite. Bacon states ´I shall miss terribly not seeing you at the exhibition´ and in a postscript, penned in a different colour of ink, the artist adds ´Will telephone you as soon as I come back from Paris. Would you send a card to Yvonne & Marion and any friends of yours´. The front cover of the invitation card features a colour reproduction of one of Bacon´s paintings of Isabel Rawsthorne from the triptych Three Studies of Isabel Rawsthorne (1966). A scarce and attractive letter. One very small, minor stain to the upper edge of the verso, not affecting the text or signature, VGThe identities of Bacon´s correspondents, and the mutual friends referred to in the letter, is not apparent and the letter would appear not to have been published alongside those included in Francis Bacon: A Self Portrait in Words (2024) edited by Michael Peppiatt.
MILHAUD DARIUS: (1892-1974) French Composer. A good signed and inscribed postcard photograph, the image showing Milhaud in a close-up portrait with his conductor´s baton in hand. Signed `Souvenir de Milhaud´ in bold blue ink to the upper part of the image, and dated 1969 in his hand. Extremely small remnants of former affixing to the verso, otherwise VG
WINTER VINCENT: (1947-1998) Scottish child film actor, the joint recipient of an Academy Juvenile Award in 1954. A scarce signed 7 x 9.5 photograph, the original vintage publicity portrait issued by the J. Arthur Rank Organisation Ltd and showing (as stated in the printed caption lightly affixed to the verso) ´Laughing happily, Vincent Winter five years old Scots boy, sits on a rock amongst the heather and waits for shooting to begin on the new Pinewood production "The Kidnappers", in which he is playing the part of a bewildered, lovable young boy who is thrust into the bleak hard life led by settlers in Nova Scotia at the beginning of the century´. Signed by Winter in dark ink to a light area at the head of the image. Together with Jon Whiteley (1945-2020) Scottish child film actor, the joint recipient of an Academy Juvenile Award in 1954. A scarce signed 8 x 10 photograph of the young actor in a head and shoulders pose in costume as the orphan John Mohune from the swashbuckler film Moonfleet (1955) directed by Fritz Lang. Signed by Whiteley in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area of the background. VG, 2Winter and Whiteley received their Juvenile Academy Awards in recognition of their performances as two young orphaned brothers in The Kidnappers (1953; released in the United States as The Young Kidnappers).
SCOFIELD PAUL: (1922-2008) English actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1966 for his role as Sir Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons. A good signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage Columbia Pictures publicity portrait depicting the actor in a head and shoulders pose in costume from his Oscar winning performance as Privy Council member Sir Thomas More from the British historical drama film A Man for All Seasons, which also won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1966 along with several other Oscars including Best Director for Fred Zinnemann. With the original printed cast list and brief synopsis attached to the verso. Signed by Scofield in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to the image. VG
FERRER JOSE: (1909-1992) Puerto Rican actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1950 for his role as Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano de Bergerac. A good vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original United Artists publicity portrait dating from 1952 and showing Ferrer in a smiling head and shoulders pose in costume from his Oscar winning performance as the poet and supreme swordsman Cyrano de Bergerac from the adventure comedy film of the same name, based on Edmond Rostand’s drama. Signed by Ferrer in fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. VG
GUTTINGUER ULRIC: (1787-1866) French poet and novelist. A.L., unsigned, four pages, 8vo, Saint-Germain, 9th March 1839, to Adèle Hugo (´Ma chere Madame Hugo´), on Guttinguer´s blind embossed monogrammed stationery, in French. Guttinguer writes an amusing letter in reference to Louis Boulanger´s portait painting of Adèle Hugo, in part, ´Que j´ai donc eu envie de vous donner hier un coup de couteau, n´importe où en passant à coté de ce prétendu portrait du Salon! Quoi, c´est vous cela! Qu´est-ce qui s´est donc mis entre vous et le peintre! Il vous a fait morte! Où est ce regard exquis, cette vie charmante, cette animation de toute votre personne.....J´ai un double désir de vous voir depuis cet affreux moment pour vérifier votre métamorphose, il me semble si difficile que B. se soit trompé à ce point, ,ais bien impossible que vous soyez changée, vous, à ce degré´ (Translation: How I wanted to stab you yesterday, anywhere when passing by this so-called portrait from the Salon! What, that's you! What has come between you and the painter! He has killed you! Where is that exquisite gaze, that charming life, that animation of your whole person?.....I have a double desire to see you since that awful moment to verify your metamorphosis, it seems so difficult to me that B. was so wrong, but it is impossible that you have changed to this degree´) and also writing of other matters, ´Les élections ont, ce me semble, suspendu le cours de la justice, car notre assise ne vient pas. On dit que cela ne peu tarder. Nous nous sommes blasés de cette situation comme on fait de tout aujourd´hui. Notre amitié est restée fleurie et j´en bénis le ciel, ne voulant pas croire à cette vilaine raison que vous en donnez, c´est-à-dire que nous nous voyons autant dire jamais...non, non! Ce n´est point cela. Amitiés à Victor et à vous toutes sortes de bons souvenirs de la famille, femme et fils et fille. Comme on vous aime ici!´ (Translation: ´The elections have, it seems to me, suspended the course of justice, because our trial is not coming. They say it won't be long. We have become blasé about this situation, as we do about everything today. Our friendship is still flourishing and I thank heaven for it, not wanting to believe the ugly reason you give, which is that we see each other so much that we never... no, no! That's not it. Best wishes to Victor and all kinds of happy memories of the family, wife and son and daughter. How we love you here!´). A letter of good content and association. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VGAdèle Foucher (1803-1868) wife of French writer Victor Hugo, with whom she was acquainted from childhood. Louis Boulanger (1806-1867) French Romantic painter, a life-long friend of Victor Hugo.Boulanger´s oil on canvas portrait of Adèle Hugo was exhibited at the Salon of 1839 and depicts the subject standing in a three-quarter length pose wearing a white dress which exposes her bare shoulders. She poses before a large stone column and, whilst appearing pensive, Hugo does indeed appear to be lacking the life and animation Guttinguer mentions in his letter.
HOPKINS MIRIAM: (1902-1972) American actress, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actress in 1935 for her performance as Becky Sharp in Becky Sharp. A rare vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Hopkins, the original Paramount Pictures publicity portrait dating from 1933 and depicting the actress seated in a three-quarter length pose. Signed by Hopkins in fountain pen ink across a light area at the base of the image. A few very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG
BERGNER ELISABETH: (1897-1986) Austrian-born British actress, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actress in 1935 for her performance as Gemma Jones in Escape Me Never. Signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph, the original vintage Paramount Pictures pubicity portrait depciting the young actress in a head and shoulders pose, in costume as Sylvina/Martina Lawrence, sat up in a bed, from the British drama film Stolen Life (1939). Signed by Bergner in bold blue ink across a light area at the base of the image, ´Jack be good, please! then I stay your friend, Elisabeth Bergner´. A few very minor, light corner creases, VG
PALANCE JACK: (1919-2006) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1991 for his role as Curly Washburn in City Slickers. A good signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage publicity portrait depicting the actor seated in a half-length pose. Signed by Palance in bold black ink with his name alone across a light area at the base of the image. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG
GARFIELD JOHN: (1913-1952) American actor, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actor in 1947 for his role as Charlie Davis in Body and Soul. An unusual vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph, the image being a reproduction of an artist´s portrait study of the actor as ´Wolf´from the American submarine war film Destination Tokyo (1943). Signed by Garfield in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area at the base of the image. Signed photographs of Garfield are scarce as a result of his untimely death at the young age of 39. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG
FONTANNE LYNN: (1887-1983) English actress, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actress in 1931/32 for her performance as The Actress in The Guardsman. A good vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of the actress seated in a three-quarter length pose, gently resting her hands in her lap. The original Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer publicity portrait is dated December 1935 to the verso. Signed by Fontanne in dark fountain pen ink with her name alone to a light area of the image. A couple of minor creases to the corners of the borders, otherwise VG
CAGNEY JAMES: (1899-1986) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1942 for his role as George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the Warner Bros. & Vitaphone Pictures publicity portrait depicting the young actor in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue fountain pen ink across a light area of the image, ´For Milton, James Cagney´. A few very light, minor corner creases, otherwise VG
RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE: (1841-1919) French Impressionist artist. A.L.S., Renoir, one page (folding letter card stationery), small 8vo, n.p. (Paris), n.d. (12th October 1918), to [Maurice] Gangnat (´Mon cher ami´), in French. Renoir writes, in full, ´Je suis tellement fatigue de tout, toujours souffrant, qui j´ai ete oblige de refuser la vente a trois marchands de tableaux qui se sont casses le nez. J´ai trop de peine pour ne pas faire grand chose que je ne laisserai pas sortir ma toile´ (Translation: ´I'm so tired of everything, still suffering, that I've had to refuse to sell to three art dealers who wasted my time. I'm in too much pain not to be able to do much that I won't let my painting go´). Addressed in another hand to the verso. A couple of very slightly irregular edges, otherwise VGMaurice Gangnat (1856-1924) French engineer and art collector who had his portrait painted by Renoir in 1916.
MAGNANI ANNA: (1908-1973) Italian actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1955 for her role as Serafina Delle Rose in The Rose Tattoo. An excellent vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph by Magnani, the original Paramount Pictures publicity portrait depicting the actress seated in a half-length pose in costume as the Sicilian seamstress Serafina from The Rose Tattoo, the film adaptation of Tennessee Williams's play of the same name. Signed by Magnani in blue fountain pen ink with her name alone to a clear area at the head of the image. Rare in this form. A few very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES: A good selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly smaller (1) by various actors, each of them Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominees of the 1960s comprising Peter Falk (for his performance as Abe ´Kid Twist´ Reles in Murder, Inc., 1960, and again for his performance as Joy Boy in Pocketful of Miracles, 1961), Jack Kruschen (for his performance as Dr. David Dreyfuss in The Apartment, 1960), Omar Sharif (for his performance as Sherif Ali ibn el Kharish in Lawrence of Arabia, 1962), Stanley Holloway (for his performance as Alfred Doolittle in My Fair Lady, 1964; the image depicting him in a portrait study in costume from the fim), Makoto Iwamatsu (Mako; for his performance as Po-han in The Sand Pebbles, 1966; the image depicting him in a close-up head and shoulders pose from the film), James Mason (for his performance as James Leamington in Georgy Girl, 1966), Elliott Gould (for his performance as Ted Henderson in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, 1969), and Anthony Quayle (for his performance as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in Anne of the Thousand Days, 1969). All are boldly signed (three in fountain pen inks) to largely light areas of the images and only one is inscribed. G to generally VG, 8
BUTTONS RED: (1919-2006) American comedian and actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1957 for his role as Airman Joe Kelly in Sayonara. A good vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph of Buttons in a smiling head and shoulders pose, the original Warner Bros. publicity portrait issued at the time of Sayonara. Signed by the actor in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a lighter area of the background. VG
FONDA HENRY: (1905-1982) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1981 for his role as Norman Thayer Jr. in On Golden Pond. Signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage publicity portrait depicting Fonda in a smiling head and shoulders pose. Signed in black ink to a light area at the base of the image. VG
HOLM CELESTE: (1917-2012) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1947 for her role as Anne Dettrey in Gentleman’s Agreement. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage 20th Century-Fox publicity portrait depicting Holm in a half-length pose in costume from her Oscar-winning performance as fashion editor Anne Dettrey in the American drama film Gentleman´s Agreement (1947). Signed by the actress in black ink with her name alone to a clear area at the head of the image. A pencil note in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person following a performance of Habeas Corpus at the Martin Beck Theatre on Broadway on 28th November 1975. A few minor, light creases to the corners and white borders, otherwise VG
FINCH PETER: (1912-1977) English-born Australian actor, posthumous Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1976 for his role as Howard Beale in Network. Vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph, the Warner Bros. publicity portrait depicting the actor in a head and shoulders pose wearing a trench coat. Signed by Finch with his name alone to a clear area of the background of the image. VG
DEGAS EDGAR: (1834-1917) French Impressionist painter. A.L.S., Degas, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (´Vendredi´), to [Jean-Charles] Cazin, in French. Degas writes, in full, ´Duranty me charge de vous prévenir qu´il est tres mal. Vous le trouverez a la maison Debois faubourg St. Denis. Il est excessivement faible et comprend son état le chirurgien ne regarde pas son affaire comme désespéree. C´est une complication de maladie de venie et d´hemorroides´ (Translation: ´Duranty has asked me to warn you that he is very ill. You will find him at the Debois house in Faubourg St. Denis. He is excessively weak and the surgeon understands that his condition is not hopeless. It is a complication of venereal disease and hemorrhoids´) A letter with interesting associations. VGJean-Charles Cazin (1840-1901) French landscape painter, museum curator and ceramicist.Louis Edmond Duranty (1833-1880) French novelist and art critic, a supporter of the Impressionists. Duranty was a friend of Degas, who painted a celebrated portrait of him in 1879.
HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French novelist, poet and dramatist. Vintage signed cabinet photograph, the original sepia albumen print by J. M. Lopez of Rue Condorcet, Paris, seemingly replaced (most likely due to being defective) by another oval sepia portrait of the writer, also by Lopez and neatly laid down to the centre, the image depicting Hugo in a head and shoulders pose, c.1877. Signed (´Victor Hugo´) by Hugo in dark ink with his name alone to the base of the original image. With the photographer´s imprint to the lower edge and verso. Some light wear to the edges and traces of former mounting to the verso, G
VAN FLEET JO: (1914-1996) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1955 for her role as Kate in East of Eden. Vintage signed and inscribed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph, the original Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer publicity portrait depicting the actress in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image. VG
BECKETT SAMUEL: (1906-1989) Irish novelist & dramatist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1969. Bold black ink signature (´Samuel Beckett´) with a few additional words, and the place and date, London, May 1979, in his hand to the verso of a colour picture postcard depicting a narrow Italian street. With a small printed portrait of Beckett neatly affixed to the upper left corner. Addressed in the hand of the Italian collector Roland Sensini. VG
MARCOS FERDINAND & MARCOS IMELDA: Ferdinand Marcos (1917-1989) President of the Philippines 1965-86. Marcos ruled brutally under martial law from 1972 to 1981. T.L.S., `Ferdinad Marcos´, one page, 4to, Manila, 29th May 1970, to Michael Konnick, on the Presidential Malacañan Palace of Manila printed stationery, responding to his correspondent who was seeking for Marcos´ autograph. Signed in bold black ink at the base. Together with Imelda Marcos (1929- ) Filipino politician and convicted criminal who was First Lady of the Philippines, wielding significant political power. She is the mother of current president Bongbong Marcos. A very fine signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the image showing Imelda Marcos in a close-up portrait pose. Signed and inscribed in bold blue fountain pen ink `With my appreciation, best wishes & love, Imelda R. Marcos, Philippine´, to a clear area of the image, also dated May 2011 in her hand. Accompanied by the original 4to typed letter, signed by Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Imelda Marcos, on the printed stationery of the Republic of the Philippines House of representatives, Manila, 6th April 2011. VG, 2
HAYWARD SUSAN: (1917-1975) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1958 for her role as Barbara Graham in I Want to Live! An excellent vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph of Hayward in a head and shoulders pose, the publicity portrait dating from 1955 at the time of Hayward´s performance as the Broadway star Lillian Roth in the biopic I´ll Cry Tomorrow, for which Hayward received a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Signed by the actress in bold blue fountain pen ink with her name alone to a light area at the centre of the image. A very lengthy pencil note in the hand of a collector to the verso explains in detail how the signature was obtained in person on 16th May 1959. About EX
TURNER LANA: (1921-1995) American actress, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actress in 1957 for her performance as Constance MacKenzie in Peyton Place. A good vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer publicity portrait depicting the glamorous actress seated in a half-length pose. Signed with her name alone in blue fountain pen ink to the image, her surname running across a darker area. With a blind embossed stamp to the lower left corner, a couple of small staple holes to the centre of the lower white border, and a few minor corner creases. About VG
KORINE HARMONY: (1973- ) American film director. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph, a close-up portrait study of Korine smoking a cigar. Signed in black ink with his name alone across a light area at the centre of the image. A pencil annotation in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person during the Venice Film Festival in 2023. EX
MACDONALD JAMES RAMSAY: (1866-1937) British Prime Minister 1924, 1929-35. T.L.S., J. Ramsay MacDonald, one page, 4to, n.p. (London), 10th February 1936, to Frank O. Salisbury, on the black bordered mourning stationery of the Privy Council Office. MacDonald thanks his correspondent for their letter and congratulations on the result of the University election, remarking ´It is a great pity that the King did not live to see it. His death is a tragic loss´, and further adding ´I am glad that you have now finished your Jubilee picture and that the Queen likes it and was pleased with my portrait. I must come and see it one day´. A letter of good association. Some very minor, extremely light wrinkling to the left edge and with a few minor traces of former mounting to the verso, VGFrank O. Salisbury (1874-1962) English portrait painter.In January 1936 MacDonald had been re-elected to parliament as a result of his victory in the by-election for the Combined Scottish Universities seat. King George V had died a week before voting had begun in the Scottish by-election, and MacDonald deeply mourned his death, paying tribute to him in his diary as ´a gracious and kingly friend whom I served with all my heart´. There had been genuine affection between the two men, and the King is said to have regarded MacDonald as his favourite Prime Minister.
MACMAHON ALINE: (1899-1991) American actress, an Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress in 1944 for her performance as Mrs. Tan in Dragon Seed. A good, scarce vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the original Warner Bros & Vitaphone Pictures publicity portrait depicting MacMahon in a smiling head and shoulders pose. Signed in dark fountain pen ink across the image. A few light surface and corner creases, otherwise VG
MAIN MARJORIE: (1890-1975) American character actress, an Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress in 1947 for her performance as Phoebe ´Ma´ Kettle (one of her most famous recurring roles) in The Egg and I, a romantic comedy film which influenced the Ma and Pa Kettle series of movies. A rare vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph, the original Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer publicity portrait dating from 1942 and depicting the actress in a happy head and shoulders pose. Signed by Main in turquoise fountain pen ink to a light area at the head of the image. A few very minor, light surface and corner creases, otherwise VG
WRIGHT TERESA: (1918-2005) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1942 for her role as Carol Beldon Miniver in Mrs. Miniver. A good signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage Paramount Pictures publicity portrait dating from 1956, the same year in which Wright portrayed Ruth Simmons in the American drama film The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956). Signed by Wright in bold, dark fountain pen ink with her name alone to a light area of the image. About EX
HECKART EILEEN: (1919-2001) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1972 for her role as Mrs. Baker in Butterflies Are Free. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage Paramount Pictures publicity portrait depicting the actress in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue ink with her name alone to a light area of the image. A pencil annotation in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person following a performance of Ladies at the Alamo at the Martin Beck Theatre on Broadway, New York, on 23rd April 1977. Together with Susan Tyrrell (1945-2012) American character actress, an Academy award nominee for Best Supporting Actress in 1972 for her performance as Oma Lee Greer in Fat City. A scarce signed 8 x 10 photograph of the actress in a half-length pose in costume from her Oscar nominated role as Oma Lee Greer, seated drinking at a table as she plays a game of cards in a scene from the American sports drama film Fat City. Signed in black ink with her name alone to a lighter area of the background. VG, 2
HAYES HELEN: (1900-1993) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1931/32 for her role as Madelon Claudet in The Sin of Madelon Claudet. A good vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer publicity portrait depicting Hayes in an appealing head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Apeda of New York. Signed by Hayes in fountain pen ink with her name alone to a lighter area of the image. An ink annotation in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person on 11th June 1947. VG
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES: A good selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various actresses, each of them Best Actress Oscar nominees in the second half of the 1980s, comprising Kathleen Turner (for her performance as Peggy Sue Kelcher-Bodell in Peggy Sue Got Married, 1986), Glenn Close (for her performance as Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction, 1987, and also for her performance as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons, 1988), Sally Kirkland (for her performance as Anna in Anna, 1987; the image depicting her in a close-up portrait pose from the film), Melanie Griffith (for her performance as Tess McGill in Working Girl, 1988), Isabelle Adjani (for her performance as Camille Claudel in Camille Claudel, 1989), Pauline Collins (for her performance as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw in Shirley Valentine, 1989), and Michelle Pfeiffer (for her performance as Susie Diamond in The Fabulous Baker Boys, 1989). All are boldly signed, three in fountain pen inks, largely to clear areas of the images and none are inscribed. Colour (1). VG to EX, 7
LIGETI GYORGY: (1923-2006) Hungarian Composer of contemporary classical music. Regarded as one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century. A.L.S., `Gyorgy Ligeti´, one page, folio, Hamburg, 13th May 1988, to Frau von Kruse, on his personal printed stationery, with his printed name and address in Hamburg to the heading, in German. Ligeti thanks his correspondent, stating `Herzlichen dank für ihr portrait buch (auch mit einem bild drin) and für ihr so freundlichen zeilen´ (Translation: "Thank you very much for your portrait book (also with a picture in it) and for your very kind lines") VG
MUNNINGS ALFRED: (1878-1959) English painter, a member of the Newlyn School from 1912-14, and regarded as one of the finest painters of horses. A good collection of A.Ls.S. (5; one a brief illustrated message on a postcard), a T.L.S., five original pencil drawings, and a few pieces of printed ephemera. The autograph and typed letters signed Alfred Munnings, A. J. Munnings, and with his initials AJ, twelve pages (total), 4to and smaller, various places (Dedham, Essex & Withypool, Somerset), early to mid-1940s, to various correspondents including the portrait painter Maurice Codner. Munnings states, in part, ´I am not sure about the Tissot, as I told that secretary to remove the pictures if the raids started & they should have done so. How awful, that lovely [painting?] which nobody really cared for & which as Lutyens said was ruined by the overlighting of the chandeliers. What a hateful lot of buggers used that room.....& what a disagreable rascañ that Drysdale was wo stood in the way of everything. Damn him, what a pity he wasn´t in the drawing room when the bomb fell. My place in Chelsea has had it - windows out & all glass in frames broken......Winston in chair first dinner. Next Thursday Lord Gort in chair & they all give Winston a snuff box´ (to Maurice Codner, 30th September 1940, accompanied by the original envelope), ´I can´t tell you how glad I was to see that good notice of your work in The Times on Friday. You couldn´t want better and who ever the present (sic; President) is he is a more sane fellow than the last & I find him very good. Far better than the other old blighter - well - I was glad I read it out to Violet who never cares much about critics, & she was delighted. I´ve always seen you gradually gaining & burrowing in. You´re as undefeatable as the Hun. And to think you´re doing this in spite of the bombs & with only one eye......I´ve just written a line to Oswald Birley, poor fellow......I´m losing the will to work´ (to Maurice Codner, 4th November 1941, in pencil), ´What a pity that you could not remain at such a stage of brilliance for the rest of your natural life - or unnatural life, or whatever your present existence may be - Can´t you buy up a quantity of that same sherry & consume at intervals & go on flying through the air like a blazing comet?......Hunting all over England should be stopped. That´s my opinion. People who go wouldn´t if the hounds didn´t. Absolute not. Have you had time to go & see the exhibition of under 20 guinea pictures yet at Trafalgar Square? If not, go & let me know......You & I should go & stay at Bradley Farm up in the woods & hills near here for a month & live on cream & stuff & work.....trees galore & stone buildings & the rest & when it rained we´d do masterpieces indoors - big sitting rooms......write again my lad of wax - any f - g lately?´ (to Maurice Codner, n.d. [c. September 1942], in pencil), ´One day I´ll be round there. On Exmoor now, Army took my house at Dedham´ (to A. R. Blundell, 22nd March 1944), ´The man who did that plate of an old poplar tree is [a] great artist. If you can do such a thing as that although it is uncared for by the crowd is someone to be reckoned with. If only you could [do] an oil like that & as well!! It is superb. I saw it in Emmons´ house at Flatford Mill & looked & looked [at] it again having seen it in the R.A. It is equal to anything of its kind I know´ (to Blundell, 3rd January 1946; actually 1947), the postcard featuring an ink drawing by Munnings of a skier lying face down in the snow, with a mountain, trees and sun in the background, wishing the recipient a Happy Easter and hand addressed by Munnings to Mr. and Mrs. John Napper, April 1956. Together with five original pencil sketches by Munnings, one signed in full, three with initials, and one unsigned, the largest measuring approximately 20.5 x 16.5 cm, the majority depicting horses and one of a cow feeding her calves. All are matted and framed. Also including a small collection of ephemera etc. including printed illustrated 8vo booklets advertising new signed artist´s proofs of the works Going to the Meet, The Whip and A Little Piece of England, a catalogue for a Loan Collection of Pictures by Alfred Munnings exhibited at the Art Galleries of the Norwich Castle Museum, August - September 1928, etc. One letter with some tears and staining (only FR), generally G to about VG, Sml Qty.
CRAWFORD JOAN: (1905-1977) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1945 for her role as Mildred Pierce Beragon in Mildred Pierce. A good vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph, the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer publicity portrait depicting Crawford in an engaging close-up head and shoulders pose. Signed by the actress in blue ink with her name alone to a light area at the base of the image. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG
BURNS GEORGE: (1896-1996) American comedian and actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1975 for his role as Al Lewis in The Sunshine Boys. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage Fosters´ Agency publicity portrait depicting Burns in a half-length pose and holding a pipe in one hand. Signed in black ink with his name alone to a light area at the head of the image. Some light, minor wrinkling, and a few corner creases. Together with two signed 8 x 10 photographs by two of the Academy Award nominees for Best Supporting Actor in 1975, comprising Brad Dourif (for his performance as Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo´s Nest) and Chris Sarandon (for his performance as Leon Shermer in Dog Day Afternoon; the image depicting him in a close-up head and shoulders pose in costume from the film). Both are signed by the actors with their names alone to lighter areas of the images. G to VG, 3
TRACY SPENCER: (1900-1967) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1937 for his role as Manuel Fidello in Captains Courageous and again in 1938 for his role as Father Edward J. Flanagan in Boys Town. An excellent vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph of Tracy in a half-length pose, the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer publicity portrait having been issued for the American Western film Boom Town (1940). Signed by Tracy in black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. About EX
COROT JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE: (1796-1875) French landscape and portrait painter. A.L.S., `C Corot´, one page, 12mo, Noisy-le-Grand, n.d., in French. Corot states, 'Je vous remercie de votre douce lettre. Ça m´a surpris, mais j´en suis tout joyeux... Je me trouve bien mieux, la jambe gauche a encore un peu de peine mais enfin de la patience. Nous triompherons avec l´aide du dieu puissant. Je compte rentrer à Paris le 23...´ (Translation: "Thank you for your sweet letter. It surprised me, but I am very happy about it... I feel much better, my left leg still has a little pain but it is a matter of patience. We will triumph with the help of the powerful god. I plan to return to Paris on the 23rd...") Further Corot asks his correspondent to forward his thanks to different persons of their entourage. G to VG
HUDSON ROCK: (1925-1985) American actor, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actor in 1956 for his role as Jordan ´Bick´ Benedict Jr. in Giant. Signed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph, the original vintage publicity portrait depicting the actor in a semi-profile head and shoulders pose in costume as Jerry Webster from the American romantic comedy film Lover Come Back (1961) in which he starred opposite Doris Day. Signed by Hudson with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. A pencil annotation in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person following the premiere of Follies on 30th March 1971. VG
THURMAN UMA: (1970- ) American Actress. Signed 10 x 8 photograph by Thurman, the image depicting the actress in a close-up portrait pose, wearing a large and attractive hat, in her roles as Venus in a scene of one of her earliest films, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988). Signed in bold blue ink with her name alone to a clear area to the lower left corner of the image. VG
PROKOFIEV SERGEI: (1891-1953) Russian Composer. Unusual and attractive signed portrait of Prokofiev, one page, 9.5 x 12, the brown pencil drawing showing the Russian Composer in a profile head and shoulders pose. Boldly signed in pencil at the base `Serge Prokofieff´, also dated beneath 1932 in his hand. Matted in light grey, with extremely small crease to left corners, otherwise VG.

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