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Clarence Sinclair Bull
Greta Garbo

1920

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Clarence Sinclair Bull was one of the great masters of the Hollywood portrait. As head of the stills department at MGM for over thirty years, he helped to pioneer the art and craft of the film studio gallery portraitist. These images, once regarded merely as anonymous publicity photographs, have now been re-evaluated for their crucial role in both the creation of cinema iconography and the history of twentieth-century portrait photography.
  • Creator:
    Clarence Sinclair Bull (1895-1979, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1920
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 11 in (27.94 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Vintage print Signed and titled in pencil with artist's copyright stamp on verso; embossed artist signature on recto.
  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Monica, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU14916463

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