Greta Garbo and John Gilbert for Love, for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Ruth Harriet Louise, American, 1903 - 1940
1927
Black and white vintage print
Image: 9 3/16 × 6 15/16 in. (23.3 × 17.6 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/16 × 6 15/16 in. (23.3 × 17.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4718
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Upper left corner, stamped in black ink, "from the Kevin Brownload Collection 23d, Netherhall Gardens, London." / Upper center, in graphite, "JKF 1803" / Upper right, printed and stamped in black ink, "Studio Name Date File 028413" / Upper left, in graphite, "PH: Ruth Harriet Louise" / Upper center, stamped in blue ink, "Country of Origin U.S.A." / Upper left, stamped in purple ink, "News review 22nd Feb 1940" / Upper right, in graphite, encircled, "3" / Upper right, in blue pencil, encircled, "John Gilbert" / Center left, in graphite, "Love" / Center, in graphite, "2 3/4" PG" / Lower left, in graphite, "24/s" / Lower right, typed in black ink on white label, "John Gilbert and Greta Garbo in "Love" Directed by Edmund Goulding From the novel "Anna Karenina" by Lyov N. Tolstoi Continuity by Frances Marion A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture" / Lower center, in graphite, "Picturegoer - Feb. 17 - Page 9"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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