Gloria Swanson for Sadie Thompson, Paramount Pictures
Ernest Bachrach
1927
Black and white vintage print
Image: 12 × 9 7/16 in. (30.5 × 24 cm)
Sheet: 12 × 9 7/16 in. (30.5 × 24 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.3214
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Upper left corner, handwritten in graphite, "Gloria Swanson", "PH: Bachrach", "'Rain' 1927"/ Upper middle, handwritten in graphite, "OKd by JKO"/ Upper right corner, handwritten in graphite, "JK 1070"/ Middle left, typed in black ink on paper affixed to sheet, half torn off, "He-- ti-- und-- Raou-- pate-- scre--"/ Middle center, stamped in purple ink, "Chicago Rotoprint Co. 1927 Sep 1 pm 1 44 Received- Shipped", written in red colored pencil, "# 3"/ Middle right, written in red colored pencil, "10/15/27", dimension marking in red colored pencil, "9""/ Lower left corner, stamped in purple ink, "Used Nov 1927", handwritten in black ink, "JK 1070"/ Lower middle, dimension marking in red colored pencil, "7""/ Lower right corner, stamped in red ink, "Property of Photoplay Magazine return to library"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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