Lupe Vélez, for RKO

Ernest Bachrach

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1940

Black and white vintage print

Image: 10 × 12 in. (25.4 × 30.5 cm)

Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund

2019.57.3219

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Verso: Upper right corner, black ink on beige paper, affixed, "Please return Kobal collection 38 Drayton Court SW10 9RH"/ Upper middle, stamped in blue ink, "Photograph used for publication please credit in full Ernest A. Bachrach"/ Upper right corner, graphite, "Lupe Velez by Bachrach" / Lower left corner, written in graphite, "94", encircled./ Lower right corner, typed in black ink on beige paper, affixed, "Lupe Velez/ PH: Ernest Bachrach RKO 1940-original print" and, written in graphite, "[11]?6" encircled.

Provenance

John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.

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