May 27, 2021 - Sale 2570

Sale 2570 - Lot 116

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964)
Geoffrey Holder. Silver print, the image measuring 9 7/8x8 inches (25.1x20.3 cm.), with Van Vechten's blind stamp on recto, and his copyright hand stamp, on verso. 1954

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Holder was a Trinidadian-American actor, dancer, musician, and artist. He was a principal dancer for the Metropolitan Opera Ballet before his film career began in 1957 with an appearance in "Carib Gold." In 1973, he played the villainous Baron Samedi in the Bond film Live and Let Die."