The Generals of the Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Convention, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC
Artist
Richard Avedon
(American, 1923 - 2004)
Date1964
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 47 1/2 × 59 inches (120.65 × 149.86 cm)
Mount: 50 × 61 inches (127 × 154.94 cm)
Framed: 51 1/2 × 62 1/2 × 2 1/4 inches (130.81 × 158.75 × 5.72 cm)
Mount: 50 × 61 inches (127 × 154.94 cm)
Framed: 51 1/2 × 62 1/2 × 2 1/4 inches (130.81 × 158.75 × 5.72 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2018.28.1
SignedSigned on verso, in black ink: "[signature] 5/7"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 5/7 + 2 A.P.s
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a group of women dressed in sleeveless gowns with gloves that extend over their elbows. Satin sashes are draped across their bodies. In the front row, two women are seated while one woman stands in between them facing the back row of standing women.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2018;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Copyright© The Richard Avedon Foundation
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Richard Avedon
August 1955; printed ca. 1975
2005.27.416
