Arrowhead

N.p. N.p., 1953. Vintage oversize borderless matte-finish double weight photograph of Charlton Heston receiving a massage on the set of the 1953 film. With the stamp of photographer Bill Avery on the verso.

A Chief of Scouts mistrusts the Apache tribe after the chief refuses to sign a peace treaty, but his concerns are disregarded by the US Army.

Bill Avery worked as a photographer at Columbia Pictures in the early twentieth century, with a brief interlude working as a combat cameraman during World War II. He also worked at MGM under noted photographer C.S. Bill, and occasionally worked as a freelance publicity photographer, shooting iconic images of Elvis Presley, Jack Lemmon, Katharine and Audrey Hepburn, and Shirley MacLaine, among many others.

Shot on location in Texas.

9 x 13.5 inches. Near Fine.

Pitts 166.

[Book #152724]