Mae Murray
Ford Sterling
1928
Black and white vintage print
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.5097
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 graphite, "PH: Ford Sterling" / Upper center, in graphite, ""Mae Murray" by F.S." / Lower center, typed in black ink on tan label, "[?] a Well-known Lady." Only Ford Sterling doesn't label it that. To him it's Mae Murray. Camera craft is no laughing matter to comic Mr. Sterling. He's one of the world's foremost bromoil transfer artists and his prints have been exhibited from London to Cairo and back to dear old U.S.A. Ford knows his emulsion." / Lower right, in graphite, "1928" / Lower left corner, in graphite, "Can ushins[?]"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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