Two original photographs of actress Mary Nolan

N.p. International News Photos / Wide World Photos, 1929 and 1934. Two vintage photographs of actress Mary Nolan—one showing Nolan in a sporty three-piece ensemble in 1929, the other showing Nolan with Alfred Gottesman in 1934. Both photographs with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos, along with stamps crediting Wide World Photos and International News Photos, respectively.

From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah.

Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Mary Nolan began her career as a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies, performing under the stage name Imogene "Bubbles" Wilson, but was fired in 1924 for her highly publicized, tumultuous affair with married comedian Frank Tinney. She left the US shortly thereafter, and began appearing in films in Germany, later returning to the US and making films with Universal Studios as Mary Nolan. By the 1930s her career had fallen into decline due to drug abuse and a reputation for being temperamental, and she ultimately died of a barbiturate overdose in 1948, at the age of 45.

One photograph measuring 8 x 10 inches, the other measuring 6.5 x 8.5 inches. Very Good, with touchups for publication on both photographs.

[Book #162001]