Portrait of Truman Capote & The Gish Sisters

Artist Richard Avedon (American, 1923 - 2004)

Dateca. 1955

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall: 8 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches (22.23 x 23.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.659

InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Front of Print

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DescriptionPortriat of a man (Truman Capote) and two women (Gish Sisters). The man is in the center with an arm around each woman. One woman is in a light-colored dress, the other is in a dark one. The woman in the dark dress is holding a dark colored umbrella and looking up at the man.Exhibition History

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

Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1984;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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