Joan Crawford for Rose Marie, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Ruth Harriet Louise, American, 1903 - 1940
1929
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
2019.57.3254
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Upper left corner, written in graphite and encircled, "7", and, stamped in black ink, "The property of John Kobal please return to"/ Upper center, stamped in purple ink, "Please credit Ruth Harriet Louise Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer", and, written in graphite, "5778"/ Upper right corner, written in graphite, "Page No. 1"/ Center left, written in graphite, "62"/ Center middle, stamped in blue ink, "Joan Crawford Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer", partially encircled in graphite, written in graphite, "Can now be seen as 'Rose Marie' and is working on 'China Bound' for M-G-M"/ Lower right corner, stamped in blue ink, "Rotoprint Gravure Co. Inc. Mar. 1 1928"/ Perpendicular lines written in graphite, covering 3/4 of page
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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