Edward Steichen: Greta Garbo. 1928, Vintage silver print, 8 x 9.5 in. (203 x 241 mm), unmounted., In pencil on verso: "Greta Garbo for Vanity Fair Hollywood, 1928" "581a-8" and "35-25", also blue ink MOMA stamp. The sitting took place on August 3, 1928, on Stage 2 of the MGM lot during the making of "A Woman of Affairs". Steichen's darkcloth is draped over the studio chair which she straddles. He made 5 exposures in the session, his only sitting with Garbo. Illustrated: Edward Steichen: Lives in Photography, Ewing and Brandow, 2008, page 8. z1073j.