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GLORIA SWANSON | WHAT A WIDOW! (1930) Oversized Art Deco portrait by Russell Ball

$275.00

[Los Angeles]: United Artists, [1930]. Vintage original 10 1/4 x 13 1/2″ (28 x 35 cm) black-and-white double weight glossy silver gelatin photo. Ink stamped on verso “Gloria Swanson in ‘What a Widow’ directed by Alan Dwan, United Artists picture, photo credit Russell Ball”. Nearly flawless condition, fine.

A rarely seen pre-Code comedy in which Gloria Swanson runs the gamut in fashion in a story of a wealthy widow and her exploits in Paris.

Against an Art Deco period setting, here Swanson models a suit with leopard trim designed by Rene Hubert.

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