(Barthelmess, Richard) Van Vechten, Carl

Portrait photograph of Richard Barthelmess "Richard Barthelmess at Malibu"

Half-length frontal portrait in camel's hair coat. Gelatin silver print. 23 x 17.5 cm. (8-3/4 x 6 3/4 inches), New York: July 19, 1933. Artist's stamp at lower center, atelier stamp on verso, with pencilled notations giving the subject of the photograph, the date, and the reference number of the negative/print ("XIV d:18").

Richard Barthelmess, Born 9 May 1895 in New York, New York, USA, as Richard Semler Barthelmess. Died 17 August 1963 in Southampton, New York, USA, of throat cancer.Married actress Mary Hay 18 June 1920; divorced 1927. Married Jessica Stewart Sargent 1928,together until his death. Richard Barthelmess began in films when Alla Nazimova offered him a role in War Brides (1916). His career was boosted when he worked for D.W. Griffith. In the early 1920s, Barthelmess established his own production company

Item #218945       Price: $750.00