Marlene Dietrich for Shanghai Express, for Paramount Pictures
Don English, English, 1901 - 1964
1932, printed later
Black and white print
Image: 14 1/16 × 11 in. (35.7 × 28 cm)
Sheet: 19 5/8 × 15 5/8 in. (49.8 × 39.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4488
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 4886" / Lower right, stamped in black ink, "Kobal Collection 38 Drayton Court Drayton Gardens London SW10" / Lower margin, typed in black ink on white label, "Marlene Dietrich in Von Sternberg's Shanghai Express Photographed by Don English Par:32", printed in black ink on white label, "Please return Kobal Collection 38 Drayton Court Drayton Gardens SW10 9RH" and in graphite, encircled, "221"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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