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[Mary Pickford in the movie, The Pretender"] / 2-Stenberg-2." – Vintage Wall Art

[Mary Pickford in the movie, The Pretender"] / 2-Stenberg-2." — vintage poster
[Mary Pickford in the movie, The Pretender"] / 2-Stenberg-2.". Vintage poster from the Historic Print Archive 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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This rare vintage poster captures [Mary Pickford in the movie, The Pretender"] / 2-Stenberg-2." in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Mary Pickford in the movie, The Pretender"] / 2-Stenberg-2."

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Few posters of Mary Pickford were made in Moscow, and this one, printed by Sovkino Lithographs in 1926, shows how Soviet designers reworked a Hollywood star for their own audiences. The catalog marks it with the name Stenberg, which points to the Stenberg brothers, Constructivist artists known for bold, graphic poster work in the 1920s. The record also files the film under impersonation and cross-dressing, themes that drew attention in silent cinema of the period. Pickford, one of the most famous actresses of the era, was then at the height of her international fame.

Medium1 print (poster) : chromolithograph ; 101 x 72 cm.
GenreWashington
NotesMoscow : Sovkino Lithographs, [1926]
SubjectsPickford, Mary,--1892-1979--Performances. Impersonation--1920-1930. Cross-dressing--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,811 × 4,667 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-220172

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