Enlarged Contact Sheet of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy wearing Oleg Cassini dress
Enlarged Contact Sheet of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy wearing Oleg Cassini dress
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- Description
- In this set of twelve photographs, Jacqueline Kennedy is wearing a dress designed in collaboration with Oleg Cassini. The rosette, or cockade, on her left hip is an homage to Revoluntionay War generals Washington and Lafayette. Behind the roll of paper upon which she is standing, one can get a peek at the Kennedy living room in which the portrable studio was staged.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- photograph
- date made
- 1961-01-03
- depicted
- Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier
- photographer
- Avedon, Richard
- dress maker
- Cassini, Oleg
- maker
- Avedon, Richard
- place made
- United States: Florida, Palm Beach
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 27 7/8 in x 28 in; 70.8025 cm x 71.12 cm
- ID Number
- PG.67.102.057
- accession number
- 270571
- catalog number
- 67.102.57
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Photographer
- subject
- First Ladies
- Costume
- Portraits
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Richard Avedon Collection
- Photography
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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