Lupe Vélez for Wolf Song, for Paramount Pictures
Eugene Robert Richee, American, 1896 - 1972
1929
Black and white vintage print
Image: 13 × 9 15/16 in. (33 × 25.2 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.5 × 27.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.3425
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Upper center, stamped in blue ink, "The Property of June Bass" / Lower center, stamped in purple ink, "Permission is hereby granted for the use of this photograph in Magazines and Newspapers. Credit to Paramount Pictures will be appreciated. Photograph by Gene Robert Richee" and, in graphite, "8/12/29" / Lower center, typed in black ink on tan paper, affixed, "True Daughter of the Dons -- That is what Lupe Velez, the screen's sensational Castilian beauty, is, and that is the role she is playing in Paramount's screen version of the Harvery Fergusson novel, 'Wolf Song'. Here, Miss Velez is attired in one of the costumes she wears as Lola Salazar in the production Victor Fleming is directing." / Lower left corner, in black crayon, "88" and, in graphite, encircled, "93"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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