Artist
Richard Avedon (American, 1923–2004)American, 1923–2004
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Duke and Duchess of Windsor
DateApril 16, 1957
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 × 6 15/16 in. (17.8 × 17.6 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25.3 × 20.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25.3 × 20.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Sonia and Kaye Marvins Portrait Collection, museum purchase funded by Sonia and Kaye Marvins
Object number85.216
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1985.
Exhibition History"Photographic Masterworks: Recent Acquisitions from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Glassell School, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 23–March 4, 1990.
"Famous/Infamous: Images of Celebrity from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Shell and the American Landscape Museum, Houston, October 23–December 9, 2002.
“Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 9–May 4, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center below stamp: "The Duchess of Windsor 4/16/57 / 2/7 Avedon [signed]"
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center below stamp: "Avedon"
Impressed on recto, in margin of image: "Aveon"
Stamped in black, verso, center: "This photograph may not be reproduced without / written permission of Richard Avedon / Copyright © 1959 by Richard Avedon / All Rights reserved"
Stamped in black, verso, center: "This photograph may not be reproduced without / written permission of Richard Avedon / Copyright © 1959 by Richard Avedon / All Rights reserved"
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