Portrait photograph of Anna May Wong in costume in her role as the Princess Turandot

  • SIGNED Three quarters length, turning toward the camera, in oriental costume. 1 vols. 24 x 20 cm. (9-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches)
  • New York , 1956
By (Wong, Anna May) Van Vechten, Carl
New York, 1956. Three quarters length, turning toward the camera, in oriental costume. 1 vols. 24 x 20 cm. (9-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches). Verso with atelier stamp and pencil notations, giving the name of the sitter, date, and the the photographer's reference to negative and print . Matted. Three quarters length, turning toward the camera, in oriental costume. 1 vols. 24 x 20 cm. (9-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches). Inscribed by the great Chinese-American actress to Saul Mauriber, Van Vechten’s assistant:

"To Sol [sic]:

" A friend indeed and deeds. All good wishes. Anna May Wong [signed beneath in Chinese characters]" From the estate of Saul Mauriber, Van Vechten's assistant and the compiler of PORTRAITS: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF CARL VAN VECHTEN (1978)

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