TRUMAN CAPOTE'S BULLDOG PHOTOGRAPH IN A GILT FRAME
A black and white photograph of an English bulldog on a beach, standing square to the camera on hard wet sand with its shadow thrown out to one side and the ruts of tire tracks running across behind it. Housed behind glass in a narrow molded giltwood frame, the back closed with brown paper and hung on a black cord.
Condition: the print toned and grainy as printed, with light surface soiling; the frame with rubbing and small losses to the gilding at the corners and along one edge, the glass clean. The paper backing browned, torn at one corner and lifting along an edge.
Approx. Dimensions: 5 " x 7.5 "
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Provenance: Truman Capote; Gerald Clarke, his biographer
This lot is part of The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote, collected over a lifetime between New York and Sagaponack, and preserved since 1984 by his biographer, Gerald Clarke.
Notes: Although care is taken to photograph and describe the item, absence of a condition report does not imply perfect condition. It is the responsibility of the buyer to verify the condition of the item, either in person or by requesting a condition report.
Appeal: bulldog photograph, english bulldog, dog portrait, beach photograph, giltwood frame, framed photograph, black and white photography, capote dog, sagaponack, hamptons, literary memorabilia, truman capote
A black and white photograph of an English bulldog on a beach, standing square to the camera on hard wet sand with its shadow thrown out to one side and the ruts of tire tracks running across behind it. Housed behind glass in a narrow molded giltwood frame, the back closed with brown paper and hung on a black cord.
Condition: the print toned and grainy as printed, with light surface soiling; the frame with rubbing and small losses to the gilding at the corners and along one edge, the glass clean. The paper backing browned, torn at one corner and lifting along an edge.
Approx. Dimensions: 5 " x 7.5 "
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Provenance: Truman Capote; Gerald Clarke, his biographer
This lot is part of The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote, collected over a lifetime between New York and Sagaponack, and preserved since 1984 by his biographer, Gerald Clarke.
Notes: Although care is taken to photograph and describe the item, absence of a condition report does not imply perfect condition. It is the responsibility of the buyer to verify the condition of the item, either in person or by requesting a condition report.
Appeal: bulldog photograph, english bulldog, dog portrait, beach photograph, giltwood frame, framed photograph, black and white photography, capote dog, sagaponack, hamptons, literary memorabilia, truman capote
