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Period: 1920s
Greta Garbo, Wild Orchids
Located in New York, NY
This photograph belonged to Greta Garbo, and was likely the “first print” made by the photographer given directly to Garbo personally.
Category

1920s Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Greta Garbo, Wild Orchids

Greta Garbo, Wild Orchids, 1929

Greta Garbo, The Single Standard
By Ruth Harriet Louise
Located in New York, NY
This photograph belonged to Greta Garbo, and was likely the “first print” made by the photographer given directly to Garbo personally.
Category

1920s Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Greta Garbo, The Single Standard

Ruth Harriet Louise
Greta Garbo, The Single Standard, 1929

Greta Garbo, A Woman of Affairs
By Ruth Harriet Louise
Located in New York, NY
This photograph belonged to Greta Garbo, and was likely the “first print” made by the photographer given directly to Garbo personally.
Category

1920s Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Greta Garbo, A Woman of Affairs

Ruth Harriet Louise
Greta Garbo, A Woman of Affairs, 1929

Greta Garbo, Love
By Ruth Harriet Louise
Located in New York, NY
This photograph belonged to Greta Garbo, and was likely the “first print” made by the photographer given directly to Garbo personally.
Category

1920s Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Greta Garbo, Love

Ruth Harriet Louise
Greta Garbo, Love, 1927

Greta Garbo, The Temptress
By Ruth Harriet Louise
Located in New York, NY
This photograph belonged to Greta Garbo, and was likely the “first print” made by the photographer given directly to Garbo personally.
Category

1920s Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Greta Garbo, The Temptress

Ruth Harriet Louise
Greta Garbo, The Temptress, 1926

Greta Garbo, The Torrent
By Ruth Harriet Louise
Located in New York, NY
This photograph belonged to Greta Garbo, and was likely the “first print” made by the photographer given directly to Garbo personally.
Category

1920s Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Greta Garbo, The Torrent

Ruth Harriet Louise
Greta Garbo, The Torrent, 1925

Greta Garbo, Hollywood
By Edward Steichen
Located in New York, NY
In his autobiography, A Life in Photography, Steichen gave a vivid recount of this sitting: 'When Garbo came in to pose for the Vanity Fair photograph, I asked her to sit on the c...
Category

1920s Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Greta Garbo, Hollywood

Edward Steichen
Greta Garbo, Hollywood, 1928

Greta Garbo, Hollywood
By Edward Steichen
Located in New York, NY
In his autobiography, A Life in Photography, Steichen gave a vivid recount of this sitting: 'When Garbo came in to pose for the Vanity Fair photograph, I asked her to sit on the c...
Category

1920s Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Greta Garbo, Hollywood

Edward Steichen
Greta Garbo, Hollywood, 1928

Greta Garbo
By Clarence Sinclair Bull
Located in Santa Monica, CA
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 o...
Category

1920s Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo

Clarence Sinclair Bull
Greta Garbo, 1920

14S ~ Two Shells
By Edward Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Titled with artist's reference number and signed in pencil by Cole Weston with Edward Weston's facsimile signature on back of mount. Printed later by Edward's son, Cole Weston.
Category

1920s Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

14S ~ Two Shells
14S ~ Two Shells

Edward Weston
14S ~ Two Shells, 1927

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