Avedon, Richard
American (1923-)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Igor Stravinsky, Composer, New York City

November 2, 1969
gelatin silver print (triptych)
24.4 x 59.4 cm.
Museum Purchase with National Endowment for the Arts support
GEH NEG: 21970
76:0046:0001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Avedon, Richard & Rosenberg, Harold (text). --Portraits.-- New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976.//
Sobieszek, Robert A. --Masterpieces of Photography from the George Eastman House Collections.-- New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. p. 359.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 712.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Acquisitions 1973-1980", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, June 12 - September 20, 1981.//
"Images of Excellence", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, January 1 - April 26, 1987. (Traveled).//
"Masterpieces of the Art of Photography", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - North Gallery, January 3 - December 31, 1989.//
"Language of Light: Masterworks from the Collection", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, January 25, 1991 - March 22, 1992.//
"Language of Light: Masterworks from the Collection (reinstallation)", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, September 18, 1993 - June 5, 1994.//
"Language of Light: Masterworks from the George Eastman House Collection", Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, November 18, 1995 - January ??, 1996.//
"Inside Out: 50 Years of Collecting", US, NY, Rochester April 24, 1999 - March 12, 2000.//

INSCRIPTION: recto-(on margin of image) "Stravinsky 11/2/69" (signed) "Avedon" verso-(rubberstamp) "This photograph may not be used for publication without the written permission of Richard Avedon" (handwritten) "Stravinsky 11-2-69" (signed) "Avedon."

copyright, Richard Avedon

NOTES: Cataloged 3/85, RAS/et al, updated 11/90, MMC. Image is composed of 3 images of Stravinsky. Image taken at Avedon's New York studio.

SUBJECT: personage, composer / Stravinsky, Igor