‘Made in Hollywood’, the touring exhibition featuring classic studio photographs from the collection of John Kobal, is on display at the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio until January 20, 2013.
Kobal Collection Comes to Australia
After the success of the ‘Glamour of the Gods’ exhibit at London’s NPG, John Kobal’s photographic archive is now the subject of a new display, ‘Made in Hollywood’, opening on December 3 at the Bendigo Art Gallery in Victoria, Australia, reports Adelaide Now.
John Kobal’s Marilyn: Made in Hollywood
This photograph, taken on the set of Clash by Night, is part of an exhibition at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, running until September 12.
‘Made in Hollywood’ showcases the collection of film archivist John Kobal, who published one of the first photo books on Marilyn Monroe in 1974. Used copies of Marilyn Monroe: A Life in Pictures are still widely available, and if the presentation is not as glossy as readers now expect, the content – and Kobal’s own commentary – is nonetheless superior to its most of its successors.
Other classic stars featured in this exhibition include Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Gloria Swanson, Clark Gable, and Humphrey Bogart.