24th Sep, 2024 12:00

Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts

 
Lot 18
 

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TORRES RAQUEL: (1908-1987)

TORRES RAQUEL: (1908-1987) Mexican-born American actress, remembered for her role as the femme fatale Vera Marcal in the American comedy film Duck Soup (1933) alongside the Marx Brothers. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Torres seated in a full-length pose with her arms folded across her raised knees. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink to the image and dated 1933 in her hand, the same year in which she appeared in Duck Soup. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a few minor traces of former mounting to the verso, VG


 

TORRES RAQUEL: (1908-1987) Mexican-born American actress, remembered for her role as the femme fatale Vera Marcal in the American comedy film Duck Soup (1933) alongside the Marx Brothers. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Torres seated in a full-length pose with her arms folded across her raised knees. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink to the image and dated 1933 in her hand, the same year in which she appeared in Duck Soup. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a few minor traces of former mounting to the verso, VG