Sigrid Gurie and Gary Cooper for The Adventures of Marco Polo, United Artists
Robert Coburn, American, 1900 - 1990
1938
Black and white vintage print
Image: 8 11/16 × 11 13/16 in. (22 × 30 cm)
Sheet: 8 11/16 × 11 13/16 in. (22 × 30 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.2768
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Upper center, in red ink, encircled, "58" / Right margin, stamped in red, "PHOTOGRAPH BY COBURN" / Center, typed, "33-44 VARIATION ON THE THEME OF LOVE ... To the skeptics who dispute the practicability of the West meeting the East, Samuel Goldwyn can present a convincing argument in "The Adventures of Marco Polo" -- this reproduction of the historic meeting of Polo (Gary Cooper) and the Princess Kukachin (Sigrid Gurie), daughter of the Thirteenth Century Kublai Khan. Budgeted at "$1,500,000, the picture willl recreate the loves, intrigues and battles which made Polo one of the greatest adventurerers of all time." and stamped in purple, "6 Jan 1939" / Center right, in graphite, "1938" / Lower right corner, in graphite, encircled "at Odeon Sept 5" and black type on gold label, "KOBAL COLLECTION 28-32 SHELTON STREET LONDON WC2H-9HP Telephone 01-240-9565" and in graphite, "JK2428CBN"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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