Gloria Swanson, New York
Gloria Swanson, New York
Artist
Edward Jean Steichen
American, 1879-1973
Date1924
DimensionsOverall: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
mount: 44.5 x 33 cm (17 1/2 x 13 in.)
mount: 44.5 x 33 cm (17 1/2 x 13 in.)
MediumGelatin silver print
ClassificationPhotographs
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1993.75
Not on View
Collections
Exhibition HistoryTMA 1/6/97 - 3/23/97 TMA Jan 22 - June 8, 1999.
- Works on Paper
TMA About Face Sept.30 - Dec.31 2005.
Toledo Museum of Art, Framing Fame: 19th- & 20th-century Celebrity Photography, March 4–June 4, 2017.
Label TextEdward 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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