PETER DEVRIES - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 100479
Signed sepia photograph (3½x5) of the American satirist shown leaning
on a chair in a sharp tuxedo
Photograph signed: "Peter DeVries", in green ink. Sepia, 3½x5.
Sale Price $135.00
Reg. $160.00
Condition: Fine condition
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PETER DE VRIES
Signed sepia photograph (3½x5) of the American satirist shown leaning
on a chair in a sharp tuxedo
Photograph signed: "Peter DeVries", in green ink. Sepia, 3½x5.
Peter De Vries (1910-1993) was an American author, editor and satirist,
regarded as one of the, "funniest writers on religion ever." Receiving
schooling in Dutch Christian Reformed Church schools in Chicago, De Vries worked
as a radio actor in the 1930s before becoming the editor of Poetry magazine
from 1938 to 1944. He was a staff writer for the New Yorker from 1944 to
1987. His most famous works include The Tunnel of Love (1958),
Pete 'n' Tillie (1972) and Reuben, Reuben (1970). He
was married to poet Katinka Loeser. They are the parents of actor Jon De
Vries. Surface scratches. Toned. Stamped on verso (no show through). Otherwise,
fine condition.
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