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FUNES LOUIS DE: (1914-1983) French Comedy Actor. An excellent vintage signed 9.5 x 12 photograph by ... - FUNES LOUIS DE: (1914-1983) French Comedy Actor. An excellent vintage signed 9.5 x 12 photograph by Funes, unusual large size, the image depicting a young Funes in a half length smiling pose, making a joke writing with a chalk on a blackboard. Signed and inscribed `With a lot of sympathy and admiration for your photographies, Louis Funes´, in bold blue ink to the lower white border of the image. Large size photographs of Funes are rare and desirable. Small overall stains not affecting the signature. VG £400-600 Only two original copies of the present photograph exist. Taken in 1955, one was given to the Funes family, and the second remained with the photographer the image was inscribed to. The photograph was published in the book ''Ne Parlez pas trop de moi les enfants'' (¨Children, Do not talk too much about me'') written by Patrick and Olivier de Funes (2005).