Annette Kellerman
Nelson Evans, American, 1889 - 1922
not dated
Black and white print
Image: 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (24.1 × 18.8 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (24.1 × 18.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4482
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 label, "JKF 5073" / Right margin, typed in black ink on white label, "Annette Kellerman- came from Australia and swam her way to stardom. She created a nation-wide scandal when she appeared on the beach in Boston in a one-piece bathing suit. That was in 1907, but by 1916, she could appar in the altogether for Daughter of the Gods, one of the first 'Million-Dollar' spectacles, the million looming large in publicity on the wave of epics like Intolerance, but nowhere near that amount was spent on the film. In 1952 her life served as a film ? starring Esther Williams in which the facts were as distorted as the budget of her film."
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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