Wallace Reid
Nelson Evans, American, 1889 - 1922
1927
Black and white vintage print
Image: 9 11/16 × 7 13/16 in. (24.6 × 19.8 cm)
Sheet: 9 11/16 × 7 13/16 in. (24.6 × 19.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4355
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Recto: Lower left, in green ink, "To Hotis[?] with my [?] Wally 1922" / Verso: Upper left corner, in black ink and graphite on white label, "JKF 4945" / Upper center, in black ink, encircled, "F" / Upper right, in graphite, "12.25 4.50 5.75 6.50 7.50 5.50 4.50 8.50 54.50" and crossed out, "2.50 2.20" / Center, printed in black ink on white label, "Wallace Reid, at the Height of His Popularity, a Few Years Before His Death From Narcotics" / Center, in graphite, "See copy used Sept-21-1941" / Lower center, stamped in green ink, "Sep 25 1927" / Lower right, stamped in black ink, "Kolesch & Co., 138 Fulton St., New York K No. 4 Murillo Illustration Board" / Lower left, stamped in purple ink, "Return to N.Y. Sunday American No."
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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