BILL Wittliff (1940-2019) Toned Gelatin Silver Print Lonesome Dove

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Framed sepia-toned gelatin silver print on Agfa paper, Approaching Storm, "Lorena - Lonesome Dove - Santa Fe" (Diane Lane as Lorena Wood Parker), signed lower right Bill Wittliff (William Dale Wittliff, American, active in Austin, Texas, 1940-2019), titled and dated 1988 verso with Wittliff red ink stamp, dedication reading "for Connie - love/ Bill," image: approx 6 9/16"h, 11 7/8"w, sheet: 11"h, 14"w, overall: 16.5"h, 21"w, 4lbs Provenance: From the estate of Connie Todd (Constance Clare Todd, Austin, Texas, 1941-2024). For many years, Connie Todd was the personal assistant to prominent Austin-based book publisher, photographer, and author Bill Wittliff (William Dale Wittliff, American, active in Austin, Texas, 1940-2019). Bill Wittliff wrote celebrated screenplays such as "Lonesome Dove" (1982), "Legends of the Fall" (1994), and "Barbarosa" (2000), and founded the regionally-oriented publishing company, Encino Press, with his wife Sally in 1963. Connie Todd later served as the founding director of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University from 1997-2010, transforming it into an internationally-acclaimed collection through noteworthy acquisitions such as the Cormac McCarthy archive. After retiring from Texas State, Connie Todd spent time traveling the world with friends and family.