W. Eugene Smith: Tennessee Williams LIFE Magazine 1948 Gelatin Silver Print

Description

W. Eugene Smith
Playwright Tennessee Williams 1948
Photographed for LIFE Magazine, published in the February 16, 1948 issue
Photograph of legendary playwright Tennessee Williams at his
typewriter in his
cramped dusty office in Manhattan, New York City. This photograph is detailed in the Feb. 16, 1948 issue of LIFE Magazine on page 113.
Details:
This press print was made under permission of the photographer's estate to promote a LIFE Magazine photo exhibition that toured Japan in 1990 (see poster above). It is over 30 years old and was intended for circulation to media organizations who requested it for publishing in newspaper and magazine articles or television broadcast. It was not made from the original negative, but instead from a master negative made specially for making multiple prints that consistently looked the same.
Glossy RC gelatin silver print.
- Photo date: 1948
- Print date: 1990.
Size:
165 x 120 mm (6 1/2 x 4 3/4 inc.)
Condition:
This pint is in very good condition.
* Exhibition poster shown for reference purposes only and is not included in this sale.
Terms:
Payment:
Due within three days of auction ending.
Returns:
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Copyright:
Purchase of this print is for collecting purposes only and does not permit copyright usage in any form.
Shipping:
- We are based in Japan and only ship via services that provide online tracking.
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- Shipping costs: We ship via Japan Post EMS express mail which is economical, fast and safe. For some countries, this service may be unavailable. In that case, Yamato Transport will be used.
Please check out our other auctions. We have a number of photojournalism images by W. Eugene Smith, plus W. Eugene Smith Grant winner Gilles Peress. Also David Douglas Duncan images of the Korean War and Pablo Picasso; Pulitzer Prize winner Kyoichi Sawada's Vietnam War images; LIFE Magazine photographers Margaret Bourke-White and Sam Shaw; surrealist views by Martin Munkacsi; famed artist portraits by Arnold Newman; fashion photos by Sarah Moon; documentary views of Paris by Edouard Boubat and Brassai; movie star and celebrity images of Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, John Huston, Lawrence Olivier, Joe DiMaggio, Paul Newman, and Robert Mitchum. Lastly we have art photos by Alfred Stieglitz.
Thank you for looking.