Gloria Swanson, New York
Artist: Edward Jean Steichen (American, 1879-1973)
Date: 1924
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
mount: 44.5 x 33 cm (17 1/2 x 13 in.)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1993.75
Label Text:
Edward Steichen wrote of capturing this exotically beautiful, yet somehow feral, image of the great silent movie star, “Gloria Swanson and I had had a long session, with many changes of costume, and different lighting effects. At the end of the session, I took a piece of black lace veil and hung it in front of her face. She recognized the idea at once. Her eyes dilated, and her look was that of a leopardess lurking behind leafy shrubbery, watching her prey.”
Edward Steichen wrote of capturing this exotically beautiful, yet somehow feral, image of the great silent movie star, “Gloria Swanson and I had had a long session, with many changes of costume, and different lighting effects. At the end of the session, I took a piece of black lace veil and hung it in front of her face. She recognized the idea at once. Her eyes dilated, and her look was that of a leopardess lurking behind leafy shrubbery, watching her prey.”
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