Original oversize photograph of Richard Nixon working on a speech, 1970

N.p. N.p., Circa 1970. Vintage oversize satin finish photograph of President Richard Nixon working on a television speech in the Executive Office Building, on October 7, 1970. Stamp of photographer Fred J. Maroon on the verso, along with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil.

Fred J. Maroon worked in fashion, travel, portraiture, and architectural photography, but is perhaps best remembered today for his photographs of Washington DC. His photographs of Nixon, spanning the period before, during, and after the Watergate scandal, are considered the definitive visual document of the Nixon presidency, and were the subject of a photo book, "The Nixon Years, 1969–1974, White House to Watergate," published by Abbeville Press in 1999.

From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.

14 x 11 inches, archivally matted in a 20 x 16 inch 8-ply white mat. Near Fine, with annotations in manuscript ink on the bottom margin of the recto, noting a caption ("Pres. at work on TV speech") and a collation number (71).

[Book #162936]