Alfred EISENSTAEDT: BETTE DAVIS at Home for LIFE Mag., 1938 / PIX-K / STAMPED
Alfred Eisenstaedt (German 1898-1995) Bette Davis with Popeye, Hollywood, 1938 For LIFE magazine Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print Photographer’s PIX credit stamp on verso Print size: 10 1/8 x 7 3/8 incheMat size: 20 x 16 inches Illustrated: LIFE: January 23, 1939, p. 53, slight variant Condition: Overall Good; a few handling marks in middle right section, one in upper right quadrant and one in the middle center edge; lower left corner slightly creased; one ever so slight and barely noticeable brown stain in lower left quadrant; all visible only in raking light and under very close inspection AE-HWD-014 Retail: $3500 “Bette with Popeye in her lap is wheeled across the wide, red-tiled patio in a sun chair by Brown, the chauffeur. She has four servants.” – title in LIFE, January 23, 1939, p. 53