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[Mary Pickford, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left] – Vintage Wall Art

[Mary Pickford, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left], c1921. — historic photograph
[Mary Pickford, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left], c1921.. Historic photograph from the Movies & Film collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Mary Pickford, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left]

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Mary Pickford, one of the most recognizable faces of early American film, sits in this three-quarter length portrait turned toward the left, a pose that favored the soft lighting and careful composition studio photographers used for stars of the period. The print dates to about 1921, when Pickford was among the best-known and best-paid performers in the country, and it was registered for copyright, a common step for studio portraits that were reproduced in magazines and promotional material. Its carefully posed, seated stance reflects how the film industry shaped the public image of its leading actresses in the early 1920s.

Created / publishedc1921.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1920-1930.Photographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesJ248001 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Lumiere(?), N.Y.
SubjectsPickford, Mary, 1892-1979. Actresses--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,284 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-178292

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