Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"
William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Portrait of Fay Wray" circa 1924
William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Untitled (Courtney Crawford as The Make Believe Lady)" circa 1924 - 1926
William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Sappho The Supreme and Melancholy Poetess of Old Greece" circa 1926 Jacqueline Logan.
William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "A Pair of Star Crossed Lovers" depicting Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Mary Brian as Romeo and Julliet.

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"
with documentary "William Mortensen: Monsters and Madonnas" narrated by Vincent Price.
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Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" circa 1924

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" circa 1924

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Untitled (Christ in the Tomb)" circa 1924

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" circa 1924

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Untitled (The Slave Girl)" circa 1924- 1926
A depiction of One Thousand and One Nights

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Scene from “The Boccaccio” circa 1924 - 1926

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Untitled” circa 1924 - 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Scene from “Faternal Practices” circa 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Untitled” circa 1924 - 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Jacqueline Logan as Mary of Magdala in 'King of Kings"” circa 1924 - 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Still from West of Zanzibar” circa 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Isis” circa 1926

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"


William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "The Witch Lady” circa 1924 - 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Meditation” circa 1924 - 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Sappho” circa 1924 - 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Betty Compton” circa 1924 - 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Untitled (Masked Woman with Skull)” circa 1924

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Untitled (Woman with Mask from 'La Chatte')” circa 1924 - 1926

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Untitled"” circa 1924 - 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "The Old Hag With Skull and Scying Bowl"” circa 1924 - 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "The Heretic (A Spider Torture)” 1928

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "La Chatte” circa 1928

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Still from 'Hell's Four Hundred” 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Untitled (Belphagor and the Lost Souls)” circa 1924 - 1926

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Isis” circa 1924

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Mort De Guillaume” 1929

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Salome” 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "The Initiation of a Young Witch” 1928

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Still from 'The Schrapnel” 1928

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon" with curator Brian Chidester

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Preparation For The Sabbath” 1928

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "The Old Hag With Mask (Outake from 'Preparation For The Sabbath')” 1928

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "The Old Hag With Incubus (Outake from 'Preparation For The Sabbath')” 1928
Incubus wering mask made by William Mortensen for "West of Zanibad" by Tod Browning 1927

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Untitled” 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Courtney Crawford with Masks” 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Masks” 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Fay Wray with Masks” 1926

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Untitled (Christ in the Tomb” 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Still from 'Hell's Four Hundred'” 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Still from 'King of Kings'” 1926 Joseph Schildkraut as Judas
H.B. Warner as Jesus, Jacquline Logan as Mary of Magdala

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "The Old Hag With Skull and Scying Bowl"” circa 1924 - 1926

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "A Fakir” 1926 Sōjin Kamiyama

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "The Sorceress” 1928

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Still from 'The Four Horsemen” circa 1921

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Still from 'The Four Horsemen” circa 1921

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Still from 'The Four Horsemen” circa 1921

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"
William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "A Hindoo Woman” 1926

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Courtney Crawford with Mask” 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Still from 'Hell's Four Hundred'” 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Still from 'Hell's Four Hundred'” 1926

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Still from 'West of Zanzibar'" Mask by Mortensen 1924 - 1926

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Untitled (Woman with Masks)” 1924 - 1926

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Still from 'King of Kings'” 1926 Jacqueline Logan

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Still from 'The King of Kings” 1926 H.B. (Henry Byron) Warner

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "The Model”

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "The Command To Look”

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"


Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) "Untitled (Self Portrait with pencil marks)” 1924 - 1926

Instalation view of "William Mortensen: Cellular Babylon"