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George Hurrell

Selected Portfolios

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000
Lot Details
Los Angeles: Creative Art Investments/Images, n.d.
Four complete portfolios comprising a total of 30 gelatin silver prints, printed later.
n.d.
Each approximately 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (34.3 x 26.7 cm) or the reverse
Each signed and numbered in ink in the margin. Folding linen portfolios with ties, one with the photographer’s address label, each with printed plate list and introductory material. Each portfolio number 7 from editions of 12 or 15 and an unspecified number of artist's proofs.
Catalogue Essay
“Father always taught me that the quality of a person’s character can be determined by the quality of their craft." Michael Hurrell, the artist's son

The contents of the respective portfolios is as follows:

Hurrell
Marlena Dietrich
Humphrey Bogart



Hurrell

Greta Garbo and John Barrymore
Gary Cooper
Joan Crawford
Betty Davis
Marlene Dietrich
Clark Gable
Jean Harlow
Rita Hayworth
Katherine Hepburn
Loretta Young and Tyrone Power



Hurrell II

Dorothy Lamour
Ramon Navarro
Great Garbo
Johnny Weissmuller
Douglas Fairbanks
Robert Taylor
Hedy Lamar
Jane Russell


Hurrell III
John Barrymore
Charles Boyer
James Cagney
Joan Crawford
Jascha Heifetz
Veronica Lake
Gilbert Roland
Ann Sheriden
Gene Tireney
Anna May Wong

George Hurrell

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