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Lot 170

Mortimer Offner
(1900-1965)
Ethel Barrymore

28 April – 12 May 2020, 14:00 EDT
Online, New York

US$1,000 - US$1,500

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Mortimer Offner (1900-1965)

Ethel Barrymore, 1930s
Gelatin silver print, embossed credit stamp in the margin; sitter and artist credit stamps on the verso.
4 7/8 x 3 7/8in (12.5 x 9.8cm)
sheet 10 x 8in (25.4 x 20.2cm)

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Literature
Barrymore, Memories: An autobiography, Haper & Brothers, New York, 1955, cover

Mortimer Offner was a student at the Clarence White School of Photography in New York. Fascinated by the stage, he later became a celebrity portraitist, finding patrons among contemporary stars of the Broadway stage, including Ethel Barrymore, pictured here.
In June 1930, Offner was sent to the west coast by Vanity Fair to make portraits of Hollywood stars. There, however, he turned his talents to screenwriting and enjoyed a successful career until blacklisted for his leftist political views.

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