{"product_id":"26396-rosay-francoise-signed-and-inscribed-harcourt-portrait-photograph-smoking","title":"Rosay, Françoise. (1891–1974) Signed and Inscribed Harcourt Portrait Photograph, Smoking","description":"\u003cp\u003eVintage double-weight Studio Harcourt, Paris portrait photograph of the French actress in profile, partially in the light, eyes closed and smoking a cigarette, signed and inscribed in black ink in the upper right: \"A Hélène de Poutiloff \/ sympathiquement \/ F. Rosay.\" Harcourt Paris imprint at lower right; not captioned with her name. With scalloped edges. Inscription somewhat light against the hair, else fine. 4.5 x 7 inches; 11.2 x 17.5 cm. From the autograph collection of Hélène de Poutiloff, who was active in the French Resistance before emigrating to the US in 1953.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eRosay was one of the great character actresses of French cinema, celebrated for \u003ci\u003eLa Kermesse héroïque\u003c\/i\u003e (1935), directed by her husband Jacques Feyder.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e“In France, one is not an actor if one has not been photographed by the Harcourt Studio” writes philosopher Roland Barthes in \u003ci\u003eMythologies\u003c\/i\u003e (1957).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62894083539103,"sku":"26396","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/file_25d747c3-e1d7-4b59-bec4-a5ea756d16d3.jpg?v=1792538961","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/26396-rosay-francoise-signed-and-inscribed-harcourt-portrait-photograph-smoking","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}