C1920 AUTHENTIC DOROTHY KNAPP AMERICAN VENUS ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON SIGNED PHOTO

Description: WELCOME TO OUR SITE! Thanks for stopping by our store. We have been with E-Bay since 2001 & are proud to be a Bronze Star Seller, exceeding E-Bays requirements for higher excellence. We specialize in all things Deco, Nouveau, Roaring Twenties & Jazz Age. Bid with complete confidence & Kindly take a moment to look at our other items for sale & auction.WE HAVE A STUNNING COLLECTION OF VINTAGE NUDES FROM ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON, EDWIN BOWER HESSER, NASIB, JAMES WALLACE PONDELICEK, ALO, ALTA, ALBERT ARTHUR ALLEN, HARRY RICHARDSON CREMER & OTHERS, SOME ORIGINALLY FRAMED FROM THE ERA. KINDLY CHECK THEM OUTWe currently have numerous Alfred Cheney Johnston photographs up for purchase, several of which are nudes. All are 100 % Authentic & Original, shot & printed in the 1920/30's. Numerous pieces came from the ACJ estate in Connecticut. They belonged personally to the man himself & came from the estate after his passing. Happy BiddingPHOTOGRAPHER: ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON, HAND SIGNED IN BLACK INK LOWER RIGHT IMAGE CORNER, CREDIT STAMPED IN BLACK INK WITH WRITTEN I.D. ON VERSO. THIS EXACT IMAGE IS FEATURED IN ON PAGE 172 OF ROBERT HUDOVERNIK'S "JAZZ AGE BEAUTIES" A BOOK DEDICATED TO THE WORKS OF ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON. IMAGES PROVIDED ABOVE BUT THE BOOK IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PURCHASE. IMAGE #13 & 14 ARE JUST A VIEW OF THE SIGNATURE TO SHOW THE IT SIGNED IN INK RATHER THEN PRE-PRINTEDSUBJECT: DOROTHY KNAPP, FASCINATING BIO BELOW, AT ONE TIME, SHE SHARED A DRESSING ROOM WITH LOUISE BROOKS & LIVED WITH ANNA MAY WONGDESCRIPTION: GORGEOUS SEPIA SILVER GELATIN IMAGE WITH ORIGINAL UNTRIMMED BORDERSIMAGE SIZE: 10 1/2 x 13 1/2"FINISH: MATTEPAPER WEIGHT: DOUBLEDATE OF PRINTING: C1920's, PRINTED IN THE ERA IT WAS TAKENCONDITION: WONDERFUL CONDITION WITH VERY LIGHT SURFACE WEAR & INCIDENTAL HANDLING MARKS TO IMAGE, BORDERS & CORNERS, VERY LIGHT SILVERING TO IMAGE, VERY SOFT BEND TO UPPER RIGHT CORNER, PLEASE SEE IMAGE #15, TAPE REMOVED FROM VERSO HOWEVER THIS DOES NOT IMPACT THE FRONT OF THE PHOTOGRAPH. ALL THIS TO BE AS CONDITION SPECIFIC & CONSCIOUS AS POSSIBLE BUT IN CASE WE MISSED SOMETHING, PLEASE USE THE OVERSIZED IMAGES AS AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION GUIDE. WHEN IN DOUBT, PLEASE ASK, WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO CHATMISS DOROTHY KNAPP:Dorothy Knapp was born in Chicago or Dallas (sources vary). She lived in New York City after 1915, and was dancing professionally by 1916, in the company of Norma Gould. Knapp began modeling and entering beauty contests as a teenager, and was publicized as "American Venus" in 1922. She won a precursor contest to what became the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. In a 1922 newsreel she was described as "the perfect woman". Her measurements were published in detail, and she was often photographed in a swimsuit doing exercises."Keeping fit is a pleasure by radio," one such photograph of Knapp was captioned From beauty pageants and glamorous photographs, she was cast in variety shows, including Earl Carroll's Vanities in 1923, 1926, and 1928, and the Ziegfeld Folliesof 1924 and 1925. Louise Brooks, who remembered Knapp as one of Ziegfeld's "prize beauties" and shared a dressing room with her, noted that "people like Walter Wanger and Gilbert Miller would meet there, ostensibly to hear my reviews of books that Herman Mankiewicz gave me to read. What they actually came for was to watch Dorothy doing a striptease in front of a full-length mirror." In 1929 she starred on Broadway in Fioretta; the show's failure was blamed on Knapp's lack of musical talent, and she was hospitalized after she was fired from the production, and lawsuits followed. She appeared twice more on Broadway, in Free For All (1931) and Broadway Interlude(1936), but both shows closed quickly.On screen, she was seen in the films None But the Brave (1928), The Border Patrol(1930), Whoopee! (1930), and Under the Cock-Eyed Moon (1930). She appeared as a host and performer on several radio dramas on the NBC radio network, in the spring of 1931. Her radio program "Backstage with Dorothy Knapp" was about her experiences in show business. Simultaneous to her radio work in 1931, NBC was also preparing her for becoming a host on their new television broadcasts; the press frequently referred to her as NBC's "Television Girl," and she first appeared on some experimental television transmissions in June 1931Knapp was involved with Earl Carroll, and was briefly engaged to actor Chick Chandler, cousin of illustrator Howard Chandler Christy. In 1933 she married a Canadian radio announcer, Jack Edmond; they divorced in 1934. She made public comments about withdrawing to a convent, possibly in Mexico, but had not done so before 1936, when she was reported living in Tudor City and making sculptures. In 1957, Walter Winchell mentioned that Knapp was working at the jewelry counter of a department store, and living with Anna May Wong Just Some More Info… **Per E-Bay’s policy, signature confirmation is required for all purchases over $750. 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Price: 1999.95 USD

Location: Los Angeles, California

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