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Auction archive: Lot number 338

Photograph of Robert Graves in Profile, in the Uniform of the Royal Welsh Fusilers

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 338

Photograph of Robert Graves in Profile, in the Uniform of the Royal Welsh Fusilers

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Photograph of Robert Graves in Profile, in the Uniform of the Royal Welsh Fusilers Robert Graves 1916. [GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985).] Portrait photograph of Robert Graves [photographed circa 1916, printed 1930], depicting Robert Graves in profile wearing the uniform of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Handsome portrait of Robert Graves taken circa 1916. "It was probably taken some time before he was wounded in the Battle of the Somme in July, 1916" (Reese). This print appears to relate to American publicity for Goodbye to All That, first published in London in 1929. The press caption affixed to the verso reads, "Poet Author of Sensational War Book / Mr. Robert Graves / whose remarkable book on the war, "GOODBYE TO ALL THAT", has created a sensation. / It is said to be the first book in which the war has been written about with frankness from the English point of view." Reese Graves 1. Silver print photograph, 195 x 140mm, press caption and illegible copyright stamp, stamp dated Mar 26, 1930. Matted and framed to 9 x 11 inches. Exhibited: "Robert Graves: A Centennial Exhibition," Grolier Club of New York, March to May 1995, no. 1.

Auction archive: Lot number 338
Auction:
Datum:
26 May 2022
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
Beschreibung:

Photograph of Robert Graves in Profile, in the Uniform of the Royal Welsh Fusilers Robert Graves 1916. [GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985).] Portrait photograph of Robert Graves [photographed circa 1916, printed 1930], depicting Robert Graves in profile wearing the uniform of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Handsome portrait of Robert Graves taken circa 1916. "It was probably taken some time before he was wounded in the Battle of the Somme in July, 1916" (Reese). This print appears to relate to American publicity for Goodbye to All That, first published in London in 1929. The press caption affixed to the verso reads, "Poet Author of Sensational War Book / Mr. Robert Graves / whose remarkable book on the war, "GOODBYE TO ALL THAT", has created a sensation. / It is said to be the first book in which the war has been written about with frankness from the English point of view." Reese Graves 1. Silver print photograph, 195 x 140mm, press caption and illegible copyright stamp, stamp dated Mar 26, 1930. Matted and framed to 9 x 11 inches. Exhibited: "Robert Graves: A Centennial Exhibition," Grolier Club of New York, March to May 1995, no. 1.

Auction archive: Lot number 338
Auction:
Datum:
26 May 2022
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
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