Maurice Kallis Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1903 - d. 1988

Maurice Kallis was born February 22, 1903, outside the U. S. and died June 27, 1988, in Los Angeles, mother’s name Swartz; Art Director for the movie Double Indemnity (Paramount, 1944); in group exhibition. at American Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, per LAT, September 23, 1945, p. B4; information on him is located at the Frick Art Reference Library, NY; lived in a Rudolph Schindler-designed house at 3580 Multiview Drive, Studio City, California, built 1947; daughter is Muriel Kallis Steinberg who donated a David Smith sculpture to the Chicago Art Institute in memory of her father; designed movie posters and worked 1942-1957