Striking head-and-shoulders portrait photograph of Susan Ertz by Howard Coster

Ertz (Susan).     c.1935-1936      Contemporary print from the original glass plate negative, signed by the photographer in white ink in the lower right-hand corner and bearing his studio stamp, “Howard Coster, Photographer of Men” on the verso. Approximately 11 x 9 ins. (28 x 23 cms.). A superb image in the photographer’s inimitable style and in fine state  Although Coster always advertised himself as a “Photographer of Men” he did occasionally portray women, though it can be said that his style and especially his lighting technique did not suit female portraits. However, it seems to have suited Susan Ertz, the Anglo-American novelist, better than some. Though little-remembered today, her work was very popular between the wars on both sides of the Atlantic. VAT is charged on orders for photographs from customers within the European Economic Community. 

Price: £80