(Cadmus, Paul). PAUL CADMUS DRAWING KATHERINE ANNE PORTER by George Platt Lynes, 1930s. Original photograph showing Porter posing while Cadmus draws her. Annotated on verso, at top "Katherine Anne Porter & PC/Stoneblossom, NJ./by GPL;" at bottom "Katherine Anne Porter/by G P Lynes," with collection stamps of both Paul Cadmus and Jon Anderson, and with the numbers "LIN00069." 8 x 7 1/4 inches, 203 x 185 mm. A small crease at the lower left corner, else in excellent condition. Stoneblossom was an estate in New Jersey owned by Glenway Westcott's brother. Westcott, Lynes and Monroe Wheeler spent summers and weekends there in the 1930s, and Lynes, who was commercially successful paid for significant improvements and furnishings there. Porter and Lynes were good friends, and he photographed her on several occasions; Cadmus was a friend of the three men. Information on these relationships is contained in David Leddick's book "Intimate Companions."
