CATEGORY: PHOTOGRAPHS
Vintage portrait of Claire Trevor with still number 223, dated 1934. On the back rubber stamped “Credit to FOX FILM will be appreciated - photo by MAX MUNN AUTREY.” There are two keybook punch holes at the top border edge. Condition is mint. Art deco 1930’s.
Creator:
Max Munn Autrey (1891 Texas USA - 1971 Los Angeles USA)
Object:
Photograph, gelatin silver print
Country:
U.S.A.
Design period:
1934
Production period:
1934
Identifying marks:
Signed on recto. Stamped, dated and titled on verso
Style:
Fine art, portraits
Condition:
In very good vintage condition. Two wholes from a portfolio book, disappearing behind the matting. Please note that prints may have small scratches, spots, folds or discolouration due to their age. Please see the scan, as it is part of the item description.
Material:
Gelatin silver print on baryta photographic paper
Colour:
Black & White
Dimensions:
W 20.0 x H 25.0 cm | Matted: W 40.0 x H 50.0 cm
Biography
Max Munn Autrey (1891 Texas USA - 1971 Los Angeles USA). During the 1920’s til 1950’s Autrey was Fox Studio’s most versatile portrait photographer. By the California State University he is mentioned as one of the “distinguished dozen”, a list of famous photographers who created the word “glamour”. His work is exposed in several musea, included the Film Museum in Potsdam (Germany), which writes “A priceless rarity is a photo album on F.W. Murnau’s “4 Devils”, a film from 1928 that is considered lost. Of the 59 pictures taken by photographer Max Munn Autrey, 21 had been unknown so far.” Book reference: “Max Munn Autrey: One Photographer’s Hollywood” by Wendell Eckholm. Publisher: California State University Art Museum 1988. Besides being one, he played roles as a photographer as well (“Call her Savage” 1932 and Charlie Chaplins “Modern Times” 1936).
Claire Trevor (1910 Brooklyn NY USA - 2000 Newport Beach CA USA)
Claire Trevor (born Claire Wemlinger) was an Academy Award-winning American actress, nicknamed the “Queen of Film Noir” because of her many appearances in “bad girl” roles in black-and-white thrillers. After attending American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she began her acting career in the late ’20s. Trevor starred in sixty films, often having either the lead role or the role of heroine. In 1937 she starred with Humphrey Bogart in Dead End (nominated for Best Supporting Actress). Memorable performances were opposite John Wayne, including the classic 1939 western “Stagecoach”. Trevor won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her 1948 performance in Key Largo, co-starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. In 1956, Trevor won an Emmy for Best Live Television Performance by an Actress for ‘Dodsworth’. The Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California was named in Trevor’s honor.
Vintage portrait of Claire Trevor with still number 223, dated 1934. On the back rubber stamped “Credit to FOX FILM will be appreciated - photo by MAX MUNN AUTREY.” There are two keybook punch holes at the top border edge. Condition is mint. Art deco 1930’s.
Creator:
Max Munn Autrey (1891 Texas USA - 1971 Los Angeles USA)
Object:
Photograph, gelatin silver print
Country:
U.S.A.
Design period:
1934
Production period:
1934
Identifying marks:
Signed on recto. Stamped, dated and titled on verso
Style:
Fine art, portraits
Condition:
In very good vintage condition. Two wholes from a portfolio book, disappearing behind the matting. Please note that prints may have small scratches, spots, folds or discolouration due to their age. Please see the scan, as it is part of the item description.
Material:
Gelatin silver print on baryta photographic paper
Colour:
Black & White
Dimensions:
W 20.0 x H 25.0 cm | Matted: W 40.0 x H 50.0 cm
Biography
Max Munn Autrey (1891 Texas USA - 1971 Los Angeles USA). During the 1920’s til 1950’s Autrey was Fox Studio’s most versatile portrait photographer. By the California State University he is mentioned as one of the “distinguished dozen”, a list of famous photographers who created the word “glamour”. His work is exposed in several musea, included the Film Museum in Potsdam (Germany), which writes “A priceless rarity is a photo album on F.W. Murnau’s “4 Devils”, a film from 1928 that is considered lost. Of the 59 pictures taken by photographer Max Munn Autrey, 21 had been unknown so far.” Book reference: “Max Munn Autrey: One Photographer’s Hollywood” by Wendell Eckholm. Publisher: California State University Art Museum 1988. Besides being one, he played roles as a photographer as well (“Call her Savage” 1932 and Charlie Chaplins “Modern Times” 1936).
Claire Trevor (1910 Brooklyn NY USA - 2000 Newport Beach CA USA)
Claire Trevor (born Claire Wemlinger) was an Academy Award-winning American actress, nicknamed the “Queen of Film Noir” because of her many appearances in “bad girl” roles in black-and-white thrillers. After attending American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she began her acting career in the late ’20s. Trevor starred in sixty films, often having either the lead role or the role of heroine. In 1937 she starred with Humphrey Bogart in Dead End (nominated for Best Supporting Actress). Memorable performances were opposite John Wayne, including the classic 1939 western “Stagecoach”. Trevor won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her 1948 performance in Key Largo, co-starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. In 1956, Trevor won an Emmy for Best Live Television Performance by an Actress for ‘Dodsworth’. The Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California was named in Trevor’s honor.
MAX MUNN AUTREY (1898-1971)
Claire Trevor, art deco, stamped vintage photograph, 1934
Claire Trevor, art deco, stamped vintage photograph, 1934
€ 450,00