Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: BERG, Paul
Event Date: n.d.
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.138103

Inscriptions:
Recto: [no inscription]; Verso, stamped: 5753; handwritten: W 3968 [written backwards]; handwritten: TRUMAN CAPOTE / (PAUL BERG); stamped: 9822; sticker, typed: TRUMAN CAPOTE / [copyright symbol] 97 LOUIS P. DISPATCH / BLACK STAR; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK; sticker: TMP02BERP0002 04 / [copyright symbol] Paul Berg / Black Star (212)679-3288 / [bar code]; handwritten: N. J. 4.8. / handwritten: OA9533; attached inscription, typed: At home in the library of his new apartment, Capote poses beneath a portrait of himself / that was painted 12 years ago by James Fosberg. The red carpet, copied from an old / Victorian rug, was custom woven in England. On it lies a huge leopard skin. Mrs. George / Backer, a friend and interior designer, helped Capote with the decorations. It has been / reported that the apartment cost $62,000 to buy, has a $600 monthly maintenance fee.

Tagasauris Keywords: 1 person; Capote (film); Carpet; Couch; Face; Full length; Indoors; Leopard Skin; Looking at camera; Male; Male; Mid adult; Sitting; Social group; Suit; Truman Capote; Truman Capote; animal skin
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: PERSONALITIES / TRUMAN CAPOTE
Retouching: N