
Apparently, Oribe himself had been doing a lot of research on the famous starlet when he uncovered a disturbing yet witty detail about her hair regime – she used spit. Yes, that is right. This French beauty used her own saliva to style her hair on the reg. She apparently applied spit to the longer pieces of hair that frame her head. She would then twirl them and pull them back tight behind her ear where she would then let them dry and pull them out to reveal the unmistakable signature curl.
Clever? Perhaps, but we still recommend a styling cream to achieve almost the same effect.” —Amanda Elser





Hardball
1993
Oil On Canvas
108 x 58 in.
Detroit Institute of Arts


Oil on canvas
43 in × 36 in
Prado Museum





Skyscraper
Pastel on paper, 1995
25 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches

– Ava Gardner to her biographer Peter Evans (after Marlon Brando listed her as one of his lovers in his autobiography, which was untrue) See this link for the story of Peter Evans’ book.

Horse and Rider, ca. 1633–34
Oil on canvas
20 1/4 x 16 1/8 inches





Photo by: Steve Cohn
www.stevecohnphotography.com
© 2016
I have the Ava Gardner book. No mention of Sinatra, of course. The Post says he paid her the money she needed to omit the story.
It has always amazed me that so-called glamour shots have the beauty smoking a cigarette. Holding a cigarette would be acceptable away from the face. I feel this picture of Ava Gardner would have been better without the accoutrement.
Loved the Avedon and the Borch. If I remember my horses right, he has the horse’s foot movement correct.
My goodness, Lielle Meital is growing so fast. She’s become a young lady already!
The Bruce Cohen painting is special.
The Jewish Moroccan girl, so familiar …
I like your Shoe Repair photo. Like an updated Berenice Abbott.
For example:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Blossom_Restaurant%3B_103_Bowery_by_Berenice_Abbott_in_1935.jpg
Kishke:
I actually had Abbott’s Depression era pics in mind. Have a great Shabbos.
Okay!
Talk about a shared artistic language. 🙂
I think the story of how that book on Ava became to be made is as interesting as the book itself. And did Sinatra pay her to not publish it?
Bridgette and spit – sometimes the imagination is best left alone 🙂
I like the Sandberg photos for some reason.
Did Life Magazine make Alfred Eisenstadt?
I miss that magazine.
One could argue that Eisenstadt made Life magazine:-)