Vintage pearl-finish 10 x 13 Hurrell portrait of a young Durante chomping on a cigar in profile, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To T. H. Baker—This is Durante seeing that you fix that pool right—my best, your pal, Jimmy Durante.” Blindstamped in the lower right by the photography studio, with a pair of MGM stamps for photographer and subject on the reverse. In very good to fine condition, with some creasing and surface marks. An iconic portrait of the versatile young ‘schnozzola’ actor. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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