Signed Film Still from Citizen Kane
by WELLES, Orson
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
1941. WELLES, Orson. n.d.c.a. 1941].
A black and white film still from Welles famous film "Citizen Kane." The still is inscribed by Welles at the top left corner with "Best regards/Orson Welles." (still: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches; 245 x 195 mm). Matted, framed and glazed. Frame is wood and gilt and the matte is rust colored. (Frame: 16 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches; 422 x 375 mm). Visually fine, not examined out of frame.
"In the scene presented here, an older Kane is shown with his second wife Susan Alexander Kane, played by Dorothy Comingore, who assembles a jigsaw puzzle in a vast room at Kane's palatial mansion, Xanadu. The puzzle is symbol of the loneliness in their marriage and the scene predicts Kane's demise. The boxed puzzle is seen again in the film, in the scenes after Kane's death when his possessions are being considered, along with the mysterious 'Rosebud.'" (Doyle).
Provenance: Gary E. Combs Autographs ,1999.
HBS 68770.
$2,000.
A black and white film still from Welles famous film "Citizen Kane." The still is inscribed by Welles at the top left corner with "Best regards/Orson Welles." (still: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches; 245 x 195 mm). Matted, framed and glazed. Frame is wood and gilt and the matte is rust colored. (Frame: 16 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches; 422 x 375 mm). Visually fine, not examined out of frame.
"In the scene presented here, an older Kane is shown with his second wife Susan Alexander Kane, played by Dorothy Comingore, who assembles a jigsaw puzzle in a vast room at Kane's palatial mansion, Xanadu. The puzzle is symbol of the loneliness in their marriage and the scene predicts Kane's demise. The boxed puzzle is seen again in the film, in the scenes after Kane's death when his possessions are being considered, along with the mysterious 'Rosebud.'" (Doyle).
Provenance: Gary E. Combs Autographs ,1999.
HBS 68770.
$2,000.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68770
- Title
- Signed Film Still from Citizen Kane
- Author
- WELLES, Orson
- Illustrator
- WELLES, Orson
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1941
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film;
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Inscribed
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