Gloria Swanson, New York

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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.)

MediumGelatin silver print

ClassificationPhotographs

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1993.75

Not on View

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.”Exhibition HistoryTMA 1/6/97 - 3/23/97 TMA Jan 22 - June 8, 1999.

TMA About Face Sept.30 - Dec.31 2005.

Toledo Museum of Art, Framing Fame: 19th- & 20th-century Celebrity Photography, March 4–June 4, 2017.