ELEONORA DUSE: Fine head and shoulders portrait photograph of the actress, with the photographer's label on verso. Gelatin silver print on smooth paper

by Arnold Genthe

$1,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

1 vols. 13 x 10 inches; framed. One corner chipped, one-inch tear without loss at lower margin, else fine. On the verso is the photographer's printed label reading “ARNOLD GENTHE / 41 East 49th Street / New York City”. Beaton and Buckland, The Magic Image, p. 139 illustrating this photograph . Item #14783 A strong, evocative image of the near-legendary Italian actress, shown in profile toward the end of her life.Arnold

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