Sale 9576
London, South Kensington
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4 March 2003
Price realised
GBP 1,645
Estimate
To Catch A Thief 1955, Paramount, U.S. one-sheet -- 41x27in. (104.1x68.6cm.), linen-backed, (A-)
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Literature
NOURMAND, Tony and MARSH, Graham Film Posters Of The 50s, London: Aurum Press, 2000, p.56 (illus.)
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Pre-Lot Text
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
With her high-piled ringlets, gold earrings and heavy black kohl, the woman portrayed in this funerary painting offers a glimpse of life almost 2,000 years ago
Hongmiao Shi gets the specialists’ perspectives on a quartet of precious artworks and objects available for immediate purchase