Glamour of the gods
Subtitle: photographs from the John Kobal Foundation
By: Robert Dance ; with an introduction by John Russell Taylor.
Contributors: John Kobal Foundation.; Santa Barbara Museum of Art.; Knoxville Museum of Art.; Deutsches Filmmuseum Frankfurt am Main.; National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Steidl; Steidl & Partners
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Göttingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9783865216823
Subjects: Kobal, John -- Photograph collections -- Exhibtions.; Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Portraits -- Exhibtions.; Motion pictures -- United States -- Pictorial works -- Exhibtions.
Genres: Exhibtions.; Portraits; Pictorial works
Other titles: Photographs from the John Kobal
Description: Glamour of the Gods is a survey of Hollywood portraiture from the industry's golden age, a period lasting from 1920 to 1960. All the photographs were selected from the astonishing archive of the John Kobal Foundation in London.
Notes: Published in association with the John Kobal Foundation, London.

"Published to coincide with the exhibition: Made in Hollywood: photograhs from the John Kobal Foundation, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 12 July-12 October 2008; Knoxville Museum of Art, 7 May-27 September 2009; Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Winter-Spring 2011; Glamour of the gods, National Portrait Gallery, London, July-October 2011"--Colophon.

"John Kobal (1940-91) bibliography": p. 284-285.