"BORIS KARLOFF (1941)"

Gelatin silver print, printed later,
executed ca 1950 by American photographer,
Louise DAHL-WOLFE [1895 - 1989],
annotated in ink, 'Boris Karloff,' and in pencil, '1941,' on verso.

Framed with archival matting in a contemporary black dyed wood frame.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist by the previous owner.

Literature:
Louise Dahl-Wolfe, A Photographer's Scrapbook, New York, 1984, page 115, illustrated.

Measurements:
Paper: 10 -1/2 by 11 inches.
Image: 9 -5/8 by 10 -1/4 inches.
Frame: 20 by 16 inches.

Born in San Francisco in 1895, Louise Dahl-Wolfe took her first pictures in 1923. In 1936, she joined Carmel Snow, Alexey Brodovitch and Diana Vreeland,
respectively, the editor-in-chief, artistic director and fashion editor of the magazine Harper’s Bazaar. Her collaboration with the magazine lasted 22 years and
86 covers. She helped discover a teenager named Lauren Bacall, whom she photographed for the magazine’s cover in 1943. Dahl-Wolfe had a great influence
on photographers like Horst P. Horst, Richard Avedon and Irving Penn(Reference:Le Journal de la Photograpie).

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