Fine Books & Manuscripts
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Lot 78
VON STERNBERG, Josef (1894-1969) ?? RICHEE, Eugene Robert (...
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VON STERNBERG, Josef (1894-1969) ?? RICHEE, Eugene Robert (1896?1972), photographer. Signed Portrait Photograph. Circa 1930s. Large linen-finish publicity photograph of the Austrian-American director taken by Richee, inscribed and signed in the lower margin. Photographer?s blind stamp to lower right. On card backing. 13 5/8 x 10 ??. Several heavy creases in image; tears and corner losses. Sternberg directed the 1927 silent film Underworld, widely regarded as popularizing the gangster film genre. He was a frequent collaborator with Marlene Dietrich in a prolific career spanning the 1920s-50s.
