Steichen, Edward
American (b. Luxembourg, 1879-1973)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Greta Garbo

1928
gelatin silver contact print
24.5 x 19.1 cm.
Bequest of Edward Steichen by Direction of Joanna T. Steichen
GEH NEG: 27216
79:2176:0001

NON-GEH NUMBERS: #8 124 / 2-7-45

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
--Vanity Fair.-- New York: Conde Nast Publications, Inc., 1930 September. p. 44.//
Steichen, Eduard J. --A Life in Photography.-- London: W.H. Allen, 1963. pl. 124.//
Sobieszek, Robert & Steichen, Joanna. --Edward Steichen.-- Tokyo, Japan: Pacific Press Service, 1986. fig. 81.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 549.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Steichen - A Centennial Tribute", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, July 3 - October 28, 1979.//
"Acquisitions 1973-1980", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, June 12 - September 20, 1981.//
"Edward Steichen", US, NY, Rochester, GEH -, *** no exhib date given ***.//
"Hollywood Celebrity: Edward Steichen's Vanity Fair Portraits", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - South Gallery, October 25, 1997 - April 12, 1998.//

INSCRIPTION: verso-(in pencil) "Greta Garbo, Hollywood" "V.F. Sept. 1930" "(circled) 124"; "#8" "2-7-45"

NOTES: Dated 1928 in --A Life in Photography--. Catalogued 1/86, HA/DZ. Dated from 79:2176:0003. Updated 8/94, eb.

SUBJECT: personage, actors / Garbo, Greta