MGM's Eve Whitney

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Artist George Hurrell (American, 1904–1992)American, 1904–1992

CultureAmerican

Titles

MGM's Eve Whitney

Date1943, produced 1944

MediumOffset lithograph, puzzle

DimensionsOverall: 13 1/16 × 9 1/2 in. (33.1 × 24.1 cm)

Credit LineBarbara Levine and Paige Ramey Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2020.137.98

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 208

Exposé

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Barbara Levine and Paige Ramey Collection

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionAs head of portrait photography for MGM, George Hurrell was tasked with making glamorous photographic portraits of the studio’s leading actors. Known for its slogan “more stars than there are in heaven,” MGM worked tirelessly to promote the cult of personality surrounding its leading actors, including Eve Whitney, who starred in many of the studio’s films throughout the 1940s. Hurrell’s portraits of Whitney and other actors were utilized in all sorts of promotional imagery and products, including a series of puzzles that allowed fans to collect and assemble their favorite actors of the era.
ProvenanceBarbara Levine and Paige Ramey; purchased by MFAH, 2020.

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