Extraordinarily rare matte-finish 10.75 x 13.75 portrait of Rand, nicely signed and inscribed against the light background in fountain pen, “To Carl Schaefer—Cordially—Ayn Rand, 8/18/48.” Handsomely double-matted and framed to an overall size of 17.5 x 20.5. In fine condition. In 1943 Rand had published The Fountainhead, her first work to espouse the philosophy of Objectivism that came to characterize her later work and legacy. The novel was a New York Times bestseller by 1945, and when she signed this photo the production for a Fountainhead film starring Gary Cooper had just begun. Rand was also deep in research for her magnum opus, Atlas Shrugged, which would be published nearly a decade later in 1957. Signed photos of Rand are practically unknown, and this superb oversized example is certainly one of the finest extant. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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