signed
1930 · New York
by MCALMON, Robert
New York: Bernice Abbott, 1930. MCALMON, Robert; ABBOTT, Bernice. ABBOTT, Bernice. Photographic Portrait of Robert McAlmon by Bernice Abbott. New York: Bernice Abbott, 1930.
Full Description:
[MCALMON, Robert]. [ABBOTT, Bernice]. Photographic Portrait of Robert McAlmon by Bernice Abbott. [New York: Bernice Abbott, n.d.c.a 1930].
Original gelatin silver print portrait of McAlmon, taken by Abbott. Signed by the photographer in pencil on the mount below the image. TItled in pencil on the lower left corner of the mount. Abbott's stamp with her "50 Commerce Street NY" address on the verso of the mount. Image size: 9 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches; 240 x 190 mm. Matted, framed and glazed. Frame size : 17 x 15 inches; 430 x 375 mm. In a black and gilt frame. Some minimal smudging and two pinholes to mount. Photo is very good.
"Robert Menzies McAlmon (March 9, 1895 – February 2, 1956) was an American writer, poet, and publisher. In the 1920s, he founded in Paris the publishing house, Contact Editions, where he published Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce and Ezra Pound." (Wikipedia) "Berenice Alice Abbott (July 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991) was an American photographer best known for her portraits of cultural figures of the interwar period, New York City photographs of architecture and urban design of the 1930s, and science interpretation of the 1940s to the 1960s." (Wikipedia)
HBS 69409.
$2,500. (Inventory #: 69409)
Full Description:
[MCALMON, Robert]. [ABBOTT, Bernice]. Photographic Portrait of Robert McAlmon by Bernice Abbott. [New York: Bernice Abbott, n.d.c.a 1930].
Original gelatin silver print portrait of McAlmon, taken by Abbott. Signed by the photographer in pencil on the mount below the image. TItled in pencil on the lower left corner of the mount. Abbott's stamp with her "50 Commerce Street NY" address on the verso of the mount. Image size: 9 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches; 240 x 190 mm. Matted, framed and glazed. Frame size : 17 x 15 inches; 430 x 375 mm. In a black and gilt frame. Some minimal smudging and two pinholes to mount. Photo is very good.
"Robert Menzies McAlmon (March 9, 1895 – February 2, 1956) was an American writer, poet, and publisher. In the 1920s, he founded in Paris the publishing house, Contact Editions, where he published Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce and Ezra Pound." (Wikipedia) "Berenice Alice Abbott (July 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991) was an American photographer best known for her portraits of cultural figures of the interwar period, New York City photographs of architecture and urban design of the 1930s, and science interpretation of the 1940s to the 1960s." (Wikipedia)
HBS 69409.
$2,500. (Inventory #: 69409)
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