Elizabeth: The Golden Age

In their inaugural exhibition, Big Eye Gallery in collaboration with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, orchestrated a unique tribute to the late star of Hollywood’s golden age: Elizabeth Taylor.

The exhibition is a glimpse into a world of rarely seen images of Taylor poised and elegant as ever, in star roles in films such as Cleopatra, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Butterfield 8 for which she won an Academy Award.  These rare gems are a part of the Kobal Collection, which features photographs by famous Hollywood photographers, such as Bob Penn, Virgil Apger and Floyd McCarty and present Elizabeth Taylor at the peak of her career, physical glory and immortal beauty.

Taylor blossomed from a child actress into a budding star, lending her legendary regality and distinctive look to the silver screen. Elizabeth: The Golden Age, sought to honor and commemorate the life, beauty and stardom of one of Hollywood’s most charismatic monarchs. 

Elizabeth Taylor, Cleopatra. 1963. 
Courtesy of the Kobal Collection.

Her grace and seductive gaze beguiles, invites, and portrays a true actress who took on many more roles in her turbulent personal life through her social activism. A pioneering advocate in the fight against AIDS, Taylor used her celebrity status to raise awareness of the deadly disease. In 1991 she established the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. Each frame presents a woman who ran with the legends of her time, directors, such as George Stevens and Joseph L. Mankiewicz, actors, such as Richard Burton (whom she married twice) and Paul Newman, and actresses, such as Katharine Hepburn and Ingrid Bergman.  She was a legend in and of her self and her six decade long career, filled with classic moments can now be viewed at Big Eye Gallery.

Virgil Apger. Elizabeth Taylor, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. 1958. 

Courtesy of the Kobal Collection.

Big Eye Gallery is an online resource for collectors, designers, and architects to choose from a carefully curated selection of limited edition, project specific photographic prints that meet their unique spatial and aesthetic specifications.  New works and contemporary photographers are now featured at Big Eye Gallery alongside the enigmatic Elizabeth Taylor.

Amnon Bar-Tur, Carly Chase, and Blair Costello

Amy Kisch, Zein Rahemtulla, Jane Soerensen, Karma Martell

Danielle Menache and Scott Bloom

Evelyn Wang

Jordie Samerson and John Schartz

Michael Grimm and Tom Schierlitz

Annie Etheridge, Bill Jenks, and Cindy Lou Adkins

Ashlei Sothard and Pini Azulay

Colleen Larson, Jeff Glodberg, and Kate Bar-Tur

Jasmin and Heather Curth

Jim Roderick, David Turner, and Maggie

Joakim and Haim Manishevitz

Katerina Amo and Mathew Shanbandi

KC Cohen and Nadia Bozic

Maggia and Bruce Prikin

Ohab Maiman and Otilia Aionessei

Santos Henerjos and Juan Navarro

Sharon Shemtov

More images from this series can be seen and purchased here.

More photographs from the event Elizabeth: The Golden Age can be seen here.