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AVA GARDNER AT BEACH (1942) Photo

$275.00

[Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1942]. Vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin photo. Stamped with information on verso, one scratch near center right edge. About fine.

Ava Gardner‘s first year in Hollywood was spent training how to walk, talk and the other arts of deportment while playing a slew of walk-on parts. Between the MGM shoots, photographers took her to the beach to pose for pin-ups. This image is from one of Ava’s first portrait sessions and one of her most famous sittings.