Live Auction 12626Modern Visions: Exceptional Photographs
Edward Steichen (1879-1973)
Lot 59

Edward Steichen (1879-1973)

Greta Garbo for Vanity Fair, Hollywood, 1928

Closed18 February 2016

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USD 31,250

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Edward Steichen (1879-1973)
Greta Garbo for Vanity Fair, Hollywood, 1928
gelatin silver contact print
title, date, various numbers in pencil, and 'Museum of Modern Art' stamp (verso)
image/sheet: 9 5/8 x 8 in. (24.4 x 20.4 cm.)

Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc., San Francisco, California, 2011.

Specialist note

Garbo's titanic fury was, in fact, merely her response to her film director, who called her back to the set after a ten minute session with Steichen in which she felt so understood that she told Steichen, 'You! You should direct movies.'
Joanna Steichen