Portrait photograph of Thornton Wilder

by Thornton Wilder, Carl Van Vechten

$1,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 9-1/2 x 7/14 inches. Embossed stamp at lower edge, atelier stamp on verso, with pencilled notations giving the subject of the photograph Thornton Wilder 'The Skin of Your Teeth' , the date, and the number of the negative. Item #211176 Three-quarter length portrait of the playwright, standing, hands gripping the lapels of his overcoat.

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