Cormac McCarthy Signed Photograph.
$12,000 · Offered by Biblio
First edition · Signed
London: John Adams Creative Photography, c. 1966. Original gelatin silver print, three-quarter studio portrait of a young McCarthy. Inscribed by Cormac to his wife to the right of the portrait, "To my lovely Annie, Cormac." Cormac McCarthy married Anne DeLisle in 1966, and their union, which lasted until 1981, coincided with a formative period of his career when he was still largely unknown but developing the distinctive style that would later bring him critical acclaim. The photograph was taken during their visit to England in 1966 when they were married, and likely inscribed during that time. According to Annie, this was her favorite photo of him and was prominently displayed on Cormac's writing desk in her home. Framed, with the photograph folded back 1/4" at right and bottom edges to fit frame. In very good condition. The entire piece measures 10 inches by 12 inches. An extremely rare, very personal inscribed photo of the elusive writer. Cormac McCarthy (1933–2023) was an American novelist whose stark prose and often violent themes earned him recognition as one of the most influential literary voices of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. His best-known works include Blood Meridian (1985), regarded as a masterpiece of the American West and frontier violence, and the Border Trilogy—All the Pretty Horses (1992), The Crossing (1994), and Cities of the Plain (1998)—which brought him both critical acclaim and commercial success, with All the Pretty Horses winn
- Publisher: John Adams Creative Photography
- Year: 1966
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: unknown
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