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Barnebys HQ
Brahegatan 10
BOX 5038
114 37 Stockholm
All auctions / Photographs / Nick De Morgoli (1916-2000) - Gary Cooper & his friend Bob Hope, 1940/50's
vintage and original photo in good condition, with signs of handling and wear marks, see the photos for more details, photographer's stamp on the back. measures : 25.5cm x 20.5 Nick De Morgoli (19 October 1916 – 8 September 2000) was a French photojournalist who worked for major magazines and picture agencies, active 1930s-1960s. In 1948 De Margoli had moved to the United States of America in 1948, first working as a circus photographer but was later that year elected into the American Society of Magazine Photographers (ASMP) in the same year as Eisenstaedt and Robert Frank, and during the year of ASMP's first exhibition Oct 15-31 1948 at the Pepsi-Cola Center He was joined by his wife Monique in December 1959. From 1951 he worked at the recently inaugurated Paris-Match New York bureau on Second Avenue. For the magazine his stories included one in 1953 on author Georges Simenon who had also faced a five-year ‘éperation’ for Nazi collaboration and who had fled to America. His subjects also included US President Harry Truman with Secretary of State Dean Acheson & Secretary of Defence General George Marshall during a meeting with French Premier René Pleven; studio portraits of Patricia Roc, British film actress; and Adlai E. Stevenson during his presidential election campaign (1952 or 1956). When Edith Piaf wed Jacques Pills, he pictured Marlene Dietrich kneeling at her feet to put new holes in the straps of the bride's shoes. De Morgoli's candid shot, made at table level between candlesticks, of an unidentified young woman at an exclusive restaurant was selected by curator Edward Steichen for the 1955 world-touring Museum of Modern Art exhibition The Family of Man. His work entailed frequent trips across the Atlantic for such assignments as portraying Olivia de Havilland at home in Paris for Votre Beauté, October 1955. He also produced ‘glamour pictures’ and pictures of models who include Lise Bourdin whom he photographed for Claudine and who went into French cinema, and several who became Hollywood actors including Corine Calvet and Denise (Billecard) ‘Darcel’. He also photographed Marilyn Monroe in 1952 and 1953 in a pin-up style. Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, silent type of screen persona and understated acting style. The American Film Institute (AFI) ranked Cooper at number 11 on its list of the 50 greatest screen legends. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Sergeant York (1941) and High Noon (1952) and an Academy Honorary Award in 1961. Lester Townes "Bob" Hope (né Leslie Townes Hope; May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-born American comedian, actor, musician, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours. He appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, starring in 54, including a series of seven Road to ... musical comedy films with Bing Crosby as his partner. He reached his 100th birthday 59 days before he died in 2003. Sending la poste
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Greenland. Photoletters. Collection with app. 40 photoletters, mostly
10/04/2026
£43.14
Est: £85.93
