D'ANNUNZIO, GABRIELE (1863-1938). Photograph inscribed and signed ("Gabriele d'Annunzio"), n.p., n.d. [circa 1928]. 223 x165 mm. (8 13/16 x 6½ in.) image size, 296 x 242 mm. (11 5/8 x 9½ in.) including mount, ½-inch repaired tear at left, some slight soiling, mount reinforced on verso. A three-quarter-length standing portrait of the Italian dramatist and poet, in uniform, boldly inscribed on the lower mount: "a Edith Gardner Gabriele d'Annunzio Il Vitoriale, Aprile 1928."

Details

D'ANNUNZIO, GABRIELE (1863-1938). Photograph inscribed and signed ("Gabriele d'Annunzio"), n.p., n.d. [circa 1928]. 223 x165 mm. (8 13/16 x 6½ in.) image size, 296 x 242 mm. (11 5/8 x 9½ in.) including mount, ½-inch repaired tear at left, some slight soiling, mount reinforced on verso. A three-quarter-length standing portrait of the Italian dramatist and poet, in uniform, boldly inscribed on the lower mount: "a Edith Gardner Gabriele d'Annunzio Il Vitoriale, Aprile 1928."

"Also a daring aviator whose sensational exploits during World War I lost him an eye"--W.M.

Provenance

The Cornelius Greenway Collection (sale, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 4 May 1971, lot 168).

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