Original photograph of Elizabeth Bergner, circa 1941

Universal City: Universal Pictures, Circa 1941. Vintage borderless publicity photograph of actress Elizabeth Bergner smoking a cigarette in a belted taffeta skirt and beaded blouse, circa 1941. Printed mimeo snipe and stamp crediting photographer Ray Jones 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.

Austrian-British stage and film actress Elizabeth Bergner is best remembered today for her starring role in Margaret Kennedy's 1934 play "Escape Me Never," and for her performance in the same role in the 1935 film adaptation.

7.25 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine.

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