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Horst P. Horst (German/American, 1906–1999).

[Playwright Noel Coward]

1936/c1939. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, inscribed and autographed by Noel Coward in ink on image upper right, 15.5 x 10.5cm. Minor dents to left portion of image, small stain to lower margin.

Inscriptions reads “For Frank Clune in memory of a conventional ‘how do you do.’”

Australian broadcaster, writer and author Frank Clune (1893–1971) interviewed Noel Coward while he was visiting Australia. Amongst Clune’s papers held by the National Library of Australia is a copy of a letter thanking Coward for an interview.

Another copy of this photograph, with a different cropping and a “Horst-Vogue Studio” stamp with date “December 5, 1936” verso, came up for auction in the USA in 2020.

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Item #CL206-50

Price (AUD): $2,950.00  other currencies