Doris Nolan for As Good As Married, for Universal Pictures

Ray Jones, American, 1900 - 1975

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1937

Black and white vintage print

Image: 13 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (34.3 × 27.3 cm)

Sheet: 13 11/16 × 10 7/8 in. (34.8 × 27.6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund

2019.57.3997

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Verso: Upper left corner, in black ink and graphite on white sticker, "JKF 4882" / Upper right corner, in graphite, "F59" / Upper left, stamped in black ink, "Dell Publishing Company Inc. Name Received Used" / Upper center, stamped in purple ink, "Please credit photo by Ray Jones Universal Pictures" / Center, stamped in blue ink, "Doris Nolan featured in Universal Pictures" / Lower center, typed in black ink on paper, "F 59 Doris Nolan, glamorous Universal star, soon to be seen in "As Good as Married," is pictured in a delightful street ensemble consisting of a rose-beige coat trimmed with died foxes in the same shade. Mulberry dress of the same fabric but of lighter weight has an interestingly draped neckline held by a diamond arrow. Mulberry trim-ming of suede decorates the rose-beige felt, the border of which is stitched in mulberry -- a very new and smart detail."

Provenance

John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.

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