Portrait photograph of Lee Simonson

by Lee Simonson, Carl Van Vechten

$500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

1 vols. 9-15/16 x 7-1/2 inches. Atelier stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten/146 Central Park West/Cannot be reproduced without permission. Holograph notations in ink giving the subject of the photograph and the number of the negative. WH/6/17/1. Item #57924 Lee Simonson 1888-1967 , a major force in American scenic design, discovered in his youth what the painters' and designers' vision could do to revivify the theater. A rare Van

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