This archival museum quality print of a Carl Van Vechten photo of singer, actor and activist, Eartha Kitt is presented on 100% acid free, 5.57 oz, smooth matte fine art paper. Born into difficult circumstances as Eartha Mae Keith in 1927, Kitt became one of the most recognizable faces and unforgettable voices of the 20th century. By 1945 she was a dancer with the famed Katherine Dunham Company, and her remarkable beauty and singular voice quickly led to a series of successes both in the theater and on the radio. She starred as Helen of Troy in Orson Welles' 1950 production of Faustus. In 1967, she defined Catwoman in the Batman television series. And in 1992, her sultry Lady Eloise became an iconic character in Eddie Murphy’s Boomerang. An outspoken advocate of feminism and civil rights, Kitt’s career suffered in 1968 when she made openly negative remarks about the Vietnam War at a luncheon with First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson. In 1975, The New York Times reported that the CIA had compiled a dossier on Kitt at the behest of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Despite this, throughout her illustrious career Kitt recorded 17 studio albums, 8 live albums, more than 50 singles, wrote 3 autobiographies, and starred in countless films and television series. A true heroine, this reproduction print, produced in color and sustainably printed to order in the UK, is the perfect statement piece for any interior.
