Edward Steichen (1879-1973)

Greta Garbo for Vanity Fair, Hollywood, 1928

Details

Edward Steichen (1879-1973)
Greta Garbo for Vanity Fair, Hollywood, 1928
gelatin silver contact print
title, date, various numbers in pencil, and 'Museum of Modern Art' stamp (verso)
image/sheet: 9 5/8 x 8 in. (24.4 x 20.4 cm.)

Provenance

Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc., San Francisco, California, 2011.

Literature

Todd Brandow and William A. Ewing, Edward Steichen: Lives in Photography, Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis and the Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne, 2007, p. 8.

Lot Essay

Garbo's titanic fury was, in fact, merely her response to her film director, who called her back to the set after a ten minute session with Steichen in which she felt so understood that she told Steichen, 'You! You should direct movies.'
Joanna Steichen

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