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A large  c. 1936 signed pastel portrait by Zoe Mozert of the Hollywood film star Loretta Young from about the time of her starring turn in Ramona. Zoe Mozert was a much in demand Hollywood film magazine cover artist during the pre-code years of Hollywood tinsel town glamour. She later settled into a long and […]

Portrait of Loretta Young

Artist: Zoe Mozert
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Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, flapper, glamour, hollywood, Loretta Young, magazine cover, original cover art, portrait, pre-code, Zoe Mozert
Added to Gallery: July 12, 2013

Pre-code Hollywood starlet Verna Hillie is the subject of this erotically charged pastel portrait which was likely used as a cover for the title Reel Movie Fun, a short lived wild and racy publication. Pastel is dated and signed on the back and the sitter is identified in the artist’s hand as seen.

Pre-Code Cover Portrait of Verna Hillie

Artist: Cardwell Higgins
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Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, Cardwell Higgins, erotic, flapper, hollywood, jazz age, magazine cover, original cover art, pin up, pre-code, Reel Movie Fun, risque, Verna Hillie
Added to Gallery: November 13, 2012

In an unusual blonde hatted view by George Hurrell, Joan Crawford is captured in her most captivating glory by the master of Hollywood photography George Hurrell. In a gentle sepia on a large format double weight semi-gloss paperstock, Hurrell captures the beauty of the young Joan Crawford, with her effortless art deco style, and emboldened flapper sensibility. This is blindstamped by Hurrell lower right, and inkstamped on verso.

Pre-Code Joan Crawford

Artist: George Hurrell
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Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, flapper, gelatin silver photograph, George Hurrell, glamour, hollywood, Joan Crawford, platinum blonde, portrait, pre-code
Added to Gallery: March 19, 2011

In a glamorous wide-brimmed hat, Joan Crawford displays the smoldering intense gaze that was to become her trademark in this image by the incomparable George Hurrell. This double weight gallery still is the personality portrait at its finest, on a high end double weight photostock, and never intended for public distribution. A pre-code form of glamorous sophistication the likes of with Hollywood rarely saw.

A Hatted Joan Crawford

Artist: George Hurrell
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Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, gelatin silver photograph, George Hurrell, glamour, hollywood, Joan Crawford, portrait, pre-code
Added to Gallery: March 19, 2011

The smoldering temper, and exotic sensuality of Lili Damita attracted as much attention in pre-code Hollywood as her films, and this Greta Garbo inspired photograph by Elmer Fryer captures her unusual attractions. This large format, double weight sepia gallery portrait features the French beauty in ornate art deco headdress, and displays Fryer’s sophisticated eye.

Lili Damita in The Match King

Artist: Elmer Fryer
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Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, Elmer Fryer, french, gelatin silver photograph, glamour, hollywood, Lili Damita, orientalist, pre-code
Added to Gallery: June 24, 2010

Paramount pictures glamour photographer Otto Dyar captures pre-code starlet Adrienne Ames at her most glamorous in this large format, art deco gallery portrait. The press snipe on the verso evokes the sophistication with which Ames was identified, and the fashion icon as which she was known. “Brown and tomato red creates the striking color combination of this rough crepe street frock worn by Adrienne Ames in “From Hell to Heaven”, a Paramount pictures.”

Adrienne Ames in From Hell to Heaven

Artist: Otto Dyar
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Tagged With: 1930s, Adrienne Ames, american, art deco, fashion, gelatin silver photograph, glamour, hollywood, Otto Dyar, Paramount Films, portrait, pre-code
Added to Gallery: June 21, 2010

Ruth Chatterton is remembered as one of the most sophisticated beauties of the pre-code era of American film, and her refined and often chilly beauty is showcased wonderfully in this evocative portrait by the renowned Russell Ball. Signed in grease pencil by the photographer, this large format, marginless print was created for Chatterton’s personal collection, and this was printed by Ball himself and captures the spirit of subject, artist, and the art deco moment in which it was created.

A Sophisticated Ruth Chatterton

Artist: Russell Ball
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Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, flapper, gelatin silver photograph, glamour, hollywood, jazz age, portrait, pre-code, Russell Ball, Ruth Chatterton
Added to Gallery: June 8, 2010

A rare and exceedingly beautiful gelatin silver, double weight gallery photograph of film star Myrna Loy by Laszlo Willinger. This image utilizes a mirrored table to capture the beautiful Loy in a double image. The mirror image was one of the most innovative trends in art deco photography, as it relied on the precision lighting and bold crisp costuming that typified the period. Large double-weight photographs such as this were never intended for widespread distributions, and were hand printed by the photographers themselves.

Myrna Loy in Reflection

Artist: Laszlo Willinger
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Tagged With: 1930s, American Magazine, art deco, gelatin silver photograph, glamour, hollywood, Laszlo Willinger, Myrna Loy, pre-code
Added to Gallery: January 16, 2010

An original pastel by noted cover illustrator Marland Stone a striking pastel portrait of the fetching and talented Silent Movie and early talkie star Norma Shearer.This appeared as a cover for Screenland Magazine under the title Spotlight Cover of Norma Shearer.

Spotlight Cover of Norma Shearer

Artist: Marland Stone
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Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, glamour, hollywood, jazz age, Marland Stone, Norma Shearer, pin up, portrait, pre-code, Screenland, silent movie
Added to Gallery: June 11, 2006

 

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