GARDNER AVA: (1922-1990)

GARDNER AVA: (1922-1990) American actress. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the actress seated in a full-length pose, holding an open fan in one hand, in costume as Maria Teresa de Cayetana, Duchess of Alba, from the Italian-American historical film The Naked Maja (1958) which recounts the romance between the Duchess and the painter Francisco Goya. Signed by Gardner in black ink to a largely lighter area of the image. VG