2005 Custom Fortuny Bound "Garbo: Portraits" Book

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The penultimate item for the Greta Garbo collector, "Greta Garbo: Portraits from Her Private Collection," covered in her own personal … more The penultimate item for the Greta Garbo collector, "Greta Garbo: Portraits from Her Private Collection," covered in her own personal Fortuny fabric, Ashanti- her favorite. One of only five produced, thusly, in a lettered edition; this being EE. AA through DD were never available to the public, and have always been in the personal collections of the author and Garbo's family, making this copy the only one for sale, ever, in the world. Additionally, it is bound with a leather spine, and signed by both authors. This lavish book was written by her grand nephew Scott Reisfield, who put together its collection of Garbo's favorite portraits from her personal archives, including images created by Clarence Sinclair Bull, Arnold Genthe, Ruth Harriet Louise, Edward Steichen, and Cecil Beaton, among others. It was produced in 2005 to mark the 100th year anniversary of her birth. less