Joan Perry for Blind Alley, for Columbia Pictures
Adolph Lorenz "Whitey" Schafer
1939
Black and white vintage print
Image: 13 7/16 × 10 5/8 in. (34.2 × 27 cm)
Sheet: 13 9/16 × 10 3/4 in. (34.5 × 27.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4063
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Upper left corner, in graphite, "323" and, stamped in black ink, with graphite, "Dell Publishing Company, Inc. Name Perry, Joan Received Apr 17 1939 Used Mag Issue" and, stamped in red ink, "Please credit A.L. Schafer Columbia Pictures" / Center, typed in black ink on tan paper, affixed, "A portrait of Joan Perry, featured in the Columbia production, 'Blind Alley'. (Joan Perry - #323)
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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