TALLULAH BANKHEAD 1920S RARE PHOTOGRAPH NUDE VAMPING NR

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ITEM: Grapefruitmoongallery recently purchased a vast collection of artist's studio C. 1916-1930 gelatin silver antique photographs taken by the American Illustrator Charles Gates Sheldon in his Carnegie Hall New York City Studio. These stills were used to create advertising pastels and paintings for lingerie companies, and his other advertising accounts including Breck Shampoo, as the artist was the originator of the "Miss Breck" series of pastel portraits.  Sheldon went on to create hundreds of stylized covers for Photoplay Magazine and the other Silent Movie pre-code titles.  These photos are amazing as you who follow our auctions on ebay will discover,  we will be posting the collection in the coming months exclusively on ebay in a no reserve auction format

You are bidding on a circa 1920 - 1929 in era original gelatin silver photograph, a 5" by 7" inch original vintage photograph of a shocking nude and vamping Tallulah Bankhead in a jazz age deeply erotic pose. A great old portrait still with early art deco elements and really tremendous sexy, "darling this is fabulous" as the actress might have you know! We have 3 different nude poses in total of the fetching Ms. Bankhead this is #2.  A risque, flirty, deeply erotic view that has never been documented before. We have come into an extraordinary collection of antique Hollywood and assorted erotic photographs and memorabilia and are happy to combine multiple wins at no additional cost.  100% guaranteed original and vintage.

CONDITION: This 1st generation matte finish double weight antique original still photograph is in very fine condition with a couple of imperfections in the original development process a light spot on her knee that was likely dust on the negative

  100% guaranteed vintage and original, here is another portrait of Tallulah Bankhead from the collection of Charles Sheldon stills we sold earlier, likely taken in the same setting and same day at his Carnegie Hall studio. Compare features, hair and chin and hands and the conclusion is unmistakable.