Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson

Photograph

Edward Steichen

Maker
American, b. Luxembourg, 1879–1973

Gloria Swanson

1924
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)
Bequest of Edward Steichen
1979.2350.0003
Inscriptions verso (pencil): 128 [circled]

verso (pencil): Must carry credit line "Courtesy Vanity Fair" #110 [boxed in] New York 1924

verso (ink): Gloria Swanson (Copyright Vanity Fair.)

verso (pencil): Feb 1928 / 1927

verso (red ink stamp with pencil inscription): N.Y. TIMES MAGAZINE / SIZE 4 1/6 x 5 1/16

verso (stamp): PHOTOGRAPH BY STEICHEN 80 WEST 40th STREET NEW YORK.

verso (pencil): Compo___(?) / Make 3 prints semi-matte [underlined] / somewhat deeper than this 17 in high [underlined]

verso (pencil): 67 [circled]

verso (pencil): 4 [circled and written over in orange grease pencil]

verso (black grease pencil): X
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