Clara Bow for Maytime, for B.P. Schulberg Productions
Alfred Cheney Johnston
1923
Black and white vintage print
Image: 12 7/8 × 9 15/16 in. (32.7 × 25.2 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/16 × 10 5/16 in. (33.5 × 26.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4822
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Upper center, stamped in purple ink, "In publishing this photograph please be good enough to give credit. All accounts payable to Alex. Stewart 9, Hart St., W.C. 1 Tele. Museum 5294 Please return this photograph." and, typed in black ink on tan paper, affixed, "Miss Clara Bow in 'Maytime' a Preferred Pictures film which has recently been released in America." and stamped in purple ink, "Kindly give credit to Alex Cheney Johnston" / Lower center, in graphite, "Clara Bow in Preferred Pictures 'Maytime'" and, stamped in black ink, "From Francis Arthur Jones 70 Fifth Avenue New York City Tel. Chelsea 804" and, in graphite, "1245"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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