Marion Davies for Lights of Old Broadway, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Ruth Harriet Louise, American, 1903 - 1940
1925
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
2019.57.3285
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, "1319" / Upper center, "Please credit Ruth Harriet Louise Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Photographer" / Center, in black pencil, "Marion Davies in 'Lights of Old Broadway' 1925 MGM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp" / Lower center, stamped in blue ink, crossed-out with red pencil, "All accounts payable to Alex Stewart 9, Hart St., W.C.1 Tele. Museum 5294" and stamped in blue ink, encircled with red pencil, "All accounts payable to Sasha Ltd., 7, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, London, S.W.1." / Lower left corner, in graphite, "From Nesmith 4W49" and, encircled, "51"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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