Women in American Film Signed Portrait of Academy Award Winning Actress Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda

Manuscripts & Autographs

Fonda, Jane. Signed portrait documenting the public image of an actress whose performances in Klute and Coming Home received Academy Awards and whose career joined New Hollywood filmmaking with sustained political and feminist activism. The photograph supports the study of women in American cinema, celebrity representation, and the circulation of autographed publicity images as material records of twentieth-century film culture. Fonda’s screen career included seven Academy Award nominations between 1969 and 1986, with wins for Klute and Coming Home.

Black-and-white photographic portrait of Jane Fonda, undated. 8 by 10 inches. The waist-length image shows Fonda facing the camera in a black dress against an otherwise unspecified setting. She has signed the right side in blue ink, “Jane Fonda.” The contrast between the dark clothing and monochrome photographic format concentrates attention on her face and upper body, following the conventions of studio and publicity portraiture used to establish an immediately recognizable screen identity.

Fonda’s significance extends beyond performance to film production and advocacy concerning feminism, human rights, reproductive health, and women’s representation in media, giving signed images of the actress relevance across both entertainment and women’s-history collections. No condition defects are reported; photograph and blue-ink signature remain present and legible. Very good. A plainly composed signed portrait connecting Fonda’s celebrity image with a career central to the history of women in postwar American film.

Item #13910

Price: $225.00