04 Photographs, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Edwin Bower Hesser’s JEAN HARLOW ALMOST NUDE, with Footnotes. #165

EDWIN BOWER HESSER
JEAN HARLOW ALMOST NUDE, c. 1929

Photograph
12 by 9 inch
Private collection

Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 — June 7, 1937) was an American actress. Known for her portrayal of “bad girl” characters, she was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the pre-Code era of American cinema. Often nicknamed the “Blonde Bombshell” and the “Platinum Blonde”, Harlow was popular for her “Laughing Vamp” screen persona. Harlow was in the film industry for only nine years, but she became one of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars, whose image in the public eye has endured. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Harlow №22 on its greatest female screen legends of classical Hollywood cinema list…

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Author: Zaidan Art Blog

I search Art History for Beautiful works that may, or may not, have a secondary or unexpected story to tell. I then write short summaries that grow from my research. Art work is so much more when its secrets are exposed

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