Evelyn Brent
Cecil Beaton
1930
Black and white vintage print
Image: 9 1/4 × 7 5/16 in. (23.5 × 18.6 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. (24 × 19.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.2984
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Upper left, in blue pencil, encircled, "19" / Center, in black ink, "Please Return Material To: Kobal Collection 38 Drayton Court London S.W.10." / Lower margin, " EVELYN BRENT-1930 -PH by Cecil Beaton, COST by Howard Greer To 'gangster mools' she brought echoes of a past with nomore than a shadowed glance from her deep set dark eyes - the first Dietrich, befpre, Von Sternberg found Marlene- she was memorable as Feathers in UNDERWORLD, in the LAST COMMAND and DRAGNET."
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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