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Robert Flaherty, Director, New York City
Robert Flaherty, Director, New York City

Robert Flaherty, Director, New York City

Artist Richard Avedon (American, 1923 - 2004)
DateJanuary 16, 1951
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 8 x 7 1/2 inches (20.32 x 19.05 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.660
InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Recto and Verso
Edition/State/Proofed. 17/25
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionPortriat of a man (Robert Flaherty) in a three piece suit and hat with a dark overcoat draped over his left arm.Exhibition History

Masters of 20th-Century Photography from the Hallmark Collection. Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Waterloo, IA, May 2 -June 13, 1982, no cat.

New Acquisitions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection, 1980-1983. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 1 –  May 1, 1983.

Provenance
Purchased from the artist by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1984;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© The Richard Avedon Foundation
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