Igor Stravinsky, composer, New York City

Artist Richard Avedon (American, 1923 - 2004)

DateNovember 2, 1969

MediumGelatin silver prints

DimensionsImage and sheet (all 3): 10 × 23 13/16 inches (25.4 × 60.48 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.75.3

SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in brown marker: “Avedon”; Artist’s copyright on sheet verso, lower left, in black ink with brown marker: “Richard Avedon warrants and represents that, aside / from the signed and numbered photographs in these series, (Marlborough Gallery, 9-10-75) no other orig- / inal prints of these photographs will be made by him / or under his authority except for a limited number of / prints made solely in connection with museum ex- / hibitions. / This original photograph may not be reproduced, by / this or any subsequent purchaser without written / permission of the photographer. / Copyright © 1975 Richard Avedon / All Rights Reserved. / neg. no. 2, 4, 1 / edition of 50 number 4”.

InscribedTitled on sheet verso, lower left, in black ink: “Igor Stravinsky, composer / New York City, 11-2-69”

MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left corner, in pencil: “B” Numbered by hand on negative, in top margin of sheet recto: “2”, “4”, “1”.

Edition/State/Proofed. 4/50

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DescriptionA series of three head shots of a bald, older white man (Igor Stravinsky) wearing a collared shirt in front of a light background.Provenance

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Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY;

With Ruth Ansel, New York, NY by 2016;

Purchased from her sale Photographs, Phillips, New York, October 5-6, 2016, no. 144 by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016

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