Lot no. 2118
Edward Steichen
Bivange, Luxemburg 1879 – 1973 West Redding, Connecticut
Greta Garbo, Hollywood
1928
Vintage. Gelatin silver contact print
On the reverse inscribed in pencil by various hands: „Greta Garbo. Hollywood, „V. 7. Sept. 1930 and numbered: u.A. „125 (encircled), „3525 as well as „58/a8
Formerly collection Joanna Steichen
24,3 x 19 cm (25,3 x 20,2 cm)
9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (10 x 8 in.)
Greta Garbo, Hollywood
1928
Vintage. Silbergelatine-Kontaktabzug
Edward Steichen, Ein Leben für die Fotografie, ed. in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, Vienna, Düsseldorf 1965, unpaginated, ill. 124 Geschichte der Photographie 1839 bis heute, George Eastman House Rochester, NY, ed. by Therese Mulligan und David Wooters, Cologne 2000, p. 549 Joanna Steichen, Steichen's Legacy, Photographs, 1895-1973, New York 2000, ill. 213 (plates unpaginated) Edward Steichen, Ein Leben für die Fotografie, ed. by Todd Brandow and William A. Ewing, Ostfildern 2007, p. 8
24,3 x 19 cm (25,3 x 20,2 cm)
9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (10 x 8 in.)
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Photographs and film
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