Influential novelist and playwright (1885–1951) whose works include the classics Babbitt, Elmer Gantry, and Main Street; in 1930 he became the first American recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Outstanding vintage matte-finish 8.5 x 6.5 Henri Nannen photo (on a 12.25 x 9.5 mount), a portrait of the author seated before a typewriter in his library, signed and inscribed in ink on the mount, “To Karl Andrist with the affection of Sinclair Lewis,” and signed in pencil by the photographer, “Henri Nannen, Paris.” Trimming to top edge and trivial bend to one corner of mount, and a subtle touch of silvering to dark portions of photo, otherwise in fine, bright condition. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
