Details
HUGHES, HOWARD (1905-1976). Photograph signed ("Howard Hughes"), by Wide World Photos, Inc., n.p., n.d. [circa 1938]. 253 x 202 mm. (9 15/16 x 8 in.) including margins, some slight soiling; matted. A candid photo of the recluse, boldly signed on the lower portion of the image. Very Rare.
"Industrialist, aviator, motion-picture producer, and squire of beautiful women. Sadly his later years were spent in seclusion. Very rare in an autographed photo, he is pictured here in a ticker-tape parade in New York in 1938 after he had set an around-the-world flight record of 3 days and 19 hours"--W.M.
"Industrialist, aviator, motion-picture producer, and squire of beautiful women. Sadly his later years were spent in seclusion. Very rare in an autographed photo, he is pictured here in a ticker-tape parade in New York in 1938 after he had set an around-the-world flight record of 3 days and 19 hours"--W.M.
Provenance
The Cornelius Greenway Collection (sale, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 4 May 1971, lot 250).