Original photograph of Douglas Fairbanks

N.p. N.p., Circa 1936. Vintage portrait photograph of silent film icon Douglas Fairbanks, circa 1936. Partial printed mimeo snipe and date stamp on the verso.

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.

By 1936 Fairbanks' career had begun to decline, with his health following the same trajectory—attributed by many to his lifelong habit of chain-smoking. He would die three years later, at the age of 56, of a heart attack.

8 x 10 inches. Very Good, wavy at the top and bottom edges, with a small chip at the bottom left corner.

[Book #162027]