Portrait photograph of Tennessee Williams.
New York: Nov. 14, 1948.
Price: $3,000.00
About the item
Vintage silver print, with blind stamped, and docketed on rear in pencil by Van Vechten, "Tennessee Williams / Nov 14 - 48 ...". 1 vols. 10 x 8 inches. Fine.
Item #57781
Van Vechten and Williams were close, and Van Vechten reguarly photographed actors in their roles in Williams' seminal plays like "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." This shot would've been taken while Streetcar was still in its triumphant Brando and Tandy run, and just after "Summer and Smoke"
