The Man with the Golden Arm

Robert [Bob] Willoughby (photographer)
Otto Preminger (director)
Nelson Algren (novel)
Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak (starring)

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1955. Vintage oversize double weight photograph of Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak in conference with director Otto Preminger on the set of "The Man with the Golden Arm" in the fall of 1955. Shot and struck by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby. SIGNED by Willoughby on the verso, along his ASMP rubber stamp for both his New York and Ireland addresses. Full provenance available.

After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles, photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life," "Look," and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine, with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums, including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington, DC and London, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Tate Modern.

In a custom museum-quality frame, archivally mounted, with UV glass. 8.5 x 13.5 inches. Near Fine.

Selby US.


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