Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions

James Stewart and Kim Novak taking a break during the filming of Vertigo, 1958.
“The last time she saw Stewart was when they bumped into each other at an airport [he died in 1997]. “I said, ‘Jimmy, I wish we could do a movie together.’ And he said, ‘I can’t be a leading man anymore. I don’t want to make movies anymore.’ He’d been away from movies for a while. He said, ‘You know, I walk out my back yard and I can’t remember sometimes why I walk out there.’ I said, ‘I understand that, it happens.’ He said, ‘Yep. Happens. [Pause.] Sure is good seeing you again.’ And I said, ‘You too, Jimmy.’ And gave him a hug.” — Kim Novak, The Telegraph [UK], 2014

Francesco Sassetti (1421–1490) and His Son Teodoro
Artist: Domenico Ghirlandaio (Domenico Bigordi) (Italian, Florence 1448/49–1494 Florence)
Date: ca. 1488
Tempera on wood
Dimensions: Overall 33 1/4 x 25 1/8 in. (84.5 x 63.8 cm); painted surface 29 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. (75.9 x 53 cm)

Jean Harlow, 1934, photo by Harvey White

Nose Ornament with Spiders
Date: 100 B.C.–A.D. 200
Geography: Peru, North Coast
Culture: Salinar (?)
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: H. 2 x W. 4 3/8 x D. 1/8 in. (5.1 x 11.1 x 0.3 cm)

Dovima by Horst P. Horst for Vogue, 1954

1943-A
Artist: Clyfford Still (American, 1904–1980)
Date: 1943
Medium: Oil on cloth
Dimensions: 36 × 30 1/4 in. (91.4 × 76.8 cm)

1938 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B Mille Miglia Spyder

“Hollywood! It’s like an old chair – if it’s useful, keep it; if not, give it to Goodwill.”
—Sylvia Sidney

Lady in Black
Artist: William Merritt Chase (American, Williamsburg, Indiana 1849–1916 New York)
Date: 1888
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 74 1/4 x 36 5/16 in. (188.6 x 92.2 cm)

Lauren Bacall by Nina Leen, 1945

Woman’s Comb
15th or 16th century
French or Italian
Ivory, paint and gilding
Overall: 3 7/16 x 5 1/16 x 3/16 in. (8.8 x 12.9 x 0.4 cm)

Capucine wearing a hat by Jean Barthet in a Georges Dambier photo, Paris, 1952

Homage to the Square: Soft Spoken
Artist: Josef Albers (American (born Germany), Bottrop 1888–1976 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: 1969
Medium: Oil on Masonite
Dimensions: 48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm)

1929 Packard 640 Dual Cowl

Humphrey Bogart, 1943
“I don’t approve of the John Waynes and the Gary Coopers saying ‘Shucks, I ain’t no actor – ’ If they aren’t actors, what the hell are they getting paid for? I have respect for my profession. I worked hard at it.”
—Humphrey Bogart

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher
Artist: Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, Delft 1632–1675 Delft)
Date: ca. 1662
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 18 x 16 in. (45.7 x 40.6 cm)

Anna May Wong, 1936, in a George Hurrell photo

Rick McGinnis
Buffalo, NY, May 2017

Barbara Stanwyck, 1934

Artist: Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Italian, Florence, 1483–1561
Portrait of a Lady with a Rabbit
ca. 1508
Oil on panel
Unframed: 57.5 x 44.6cm (22 5/8 x 17 9/16in.) Framed: 75.565 x 63.5cm (29 3/4 x 25in.)
Yale University Art Gallery

Gordon Parks
Fashion models Bettina Graziani and Sophie Malgat Litvak, New York, 1950

Pumps
Date: 1873
Culture: French
Medium: silk, metal thread

Herbert List, Liguria, Italy, 1936

1931 Stutz Boattail – (Stutz Motor Co. Indianapolis, Indiana 1911-1935)

Star of David Panel
early 9th century
From Iraq, probably Baghdad. Found Iraq, Takrit
Wood (teak); carved
Dimensions: H. 29 1/2 in. (74.9 cm)
W. 33 1/2 in. (85.1 cm)
D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Wt. 65 lbs. (29.5 kg)

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