May 26, 2005 - Sale 2045

Sale 2045 - Lot 387A

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
GARBO'S CENTENNIAL YEAR BULL, CLARENCE SINCLAIR (1896-1979)
Portfolio entitled "Garbo by Bull" containing 15 photographs of the lovely Greta Garbo. Silver prints, 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.) and the reverse, each with Bull's signature, in ink, an edition number "14/50," in pencil, and Bull's blind stamp on recto. Folio-size clamshell box, blue cloth. one of 50 numbered copies, (only 20 of which were signed by bull). Los Angeles: Kobal Collection, 1979

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The photographs in this portfolio are from 4 sessions promoting Garbo's films for MGM. They include portraits for "The Kiss" (1929), "Inspiration" (1930), "Susan Lennox: Her Rise and Fall" (1931), and "Mata Hari" (1931).