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Auction History Result 6w029 LOUISE BROOKS 26x31 framed original art 1920s beautiful pastel head & shoulders portrait! Date Sold 6/13/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Framed Piece of Original Artwork (artwork measures 16" x 20"; entire frame measures 26" x 31 1/4" [66 x 79 cm]) (Learn More) Louise Brooks was born Mary Louise Brooks in 1906, and she was always unconventional. She was the daughter of a Kansas lawyer, but she left at the age of 16 to go to New York and join Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn with their Denishawn dancers. Two years later she had a falling out with Shawn and was fired. She then worked in the George White's Scandals, the Ziegfeld Follies (where she was a semi-nude dancer, and was noticed, and signed to a Hollywood contract by Paramount Pictures, where she had several minor movies as a sexy flapper girl in comedies). She finally got her big break in a starring role in Beggars Of Life, and predictably she left Hollywood to go to Europe. But she had had the title role in The Canary Murder Case in 1929, which had been filmed as a silent, and Paramount asked her to return to dub the movie, and she refused, which effectively blacklisted her in Hollywood. She made two incredible movies with legendary German director G.W. Pabst, Pandora's Box, and Diary Of A Lost Girl and I highly recommend both. She made Prix de Beaute in France, and in the early 1930s she returned to Hollywood (minus her trademark flapper hairdo) where she could only get minor roles, and she returned to Kansas, and later New York. She lived an alcoholic life in obscurity (supported by former admirers including William S. Paley, founder of CBS). In the 1950s and 1960s she was "rediscovered" by film critics, and she wrote many articles and books about her life, which I also highly recommend. She is likely best remembered for her distinctive hair style! She passed away in 1985 at the age of 78. Important Added Info: We don't know exactly when this portrait was painted, but two different auctions stated that it was likely painted in 1929 (see below). It is not signed, but it was certainly painted by a talented artist! If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Note that this framed pastel portrait was auctioned by a Texas auction in 2011, when it apparently sold for $4,182.50. It was offered again at Bonham's auction house in 2017, and we don't know what it sold for, or if it sold. Both auctions said that it was likely painted in 1929. The portrait was elaborately framed and matted with a frame that looks vintage to the time period when the portrait was painted, but is not. It is ready to display on the new owner's wall, and it will look incredible! Condition: very good to fine. We did not "unframe" this to inspect the portrait, but it appears to be in excellent condition, as is the frame! Note that there are reflections visible in our image which are caused by our lighting/camera setup and the glass of the frame. They are not defects on the painting. Learn More about condition grades 
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