Michael Redgrave, Katina Paxinou and Rosalind Russell, for RKO
Alex Kahle
1947
Black and white vintage print
Image: 9 7/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 8 1/8 in. (25.5 × 20.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4845
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Upper center, in graphite, encircled, "5." / Center, stamped in purple ink, "Photo by Alex Kahle Copyright 1947 RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. Permission is hereby granted to newspapers, magazines and other periodicals to reproduce this photograph. This picture may not be rented or loaned - nor used for advertising purposes. RKO Radio Pictures, INC." and in graphite, "1947" / Lower center, typed in black ink on tan paper, affixed, "MBE-130 AT ODDS over Michael Redgrave are his mother, Katina Paxinou, his sister, Rosalind Russell, when he ereturns hom efrom Appomattox to find them disunited in RKO Radio's screen version of Eugene O'Neill's post-Civil War drama, 'Mourning Becomes Electra." / LowerRight corner, stamped in black ink, "Property of Photoplay Magazine return to Library Sept 15 1947"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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