Greta Garbo and Fredric March for Anna Karenina, for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
William Grimes
1935
Black and white vintage print
Image: 9 1/4 × 12 3/16 in. (23.5 × 30.9 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 in. (25.3 × 33 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4717
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Upper center, in graphite, "Greta Garbo" / Upper right corner, stamped in purple ink, "Kindly credit Grimes M.G.M" and stamped in black ink wtih graphite, "Dell Publishing Company, Inc. Name Garbo Greta Received Used Mag Issue" / Center, in blue pencil, "Garbo and March in Anna Karenina" and, in graphite, "Sept" / Lower right corner, printed in black ink on gold label, "Kobal Collection 28-32 Shelton Street London WC2H 9HP Telephone 01-240 9565"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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