Title from caption on object: “Leave for Gala Night”
January 20, 1961
Artist
Publisher
Artwork overview
-
Medium
gelatin silver print
-
Credit Line
-
Dimensions
image: 21.7 × 16.8 cm (8 9/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
sheet: 23 × 17.8 cm (9 1/16 × 7 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.478
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, upper center UPI copyright stamp in black ink; across bottom printed in purple ink on applied paper inverted: WAP1264233..........................NEW YORK BUREAU / LEAVE FOR GALA NIGHT / WASHINGTON, D.C.: PRESIDENT [underlined] AND MRS. JOHN F. KENNEDY [underlined] / LEAVE THE WHITE HOUSE, JAN. 20, TO ATTEND A SERIES OF / INAUGURAL BALLS. FIVE LOCATIONS WERE BOOKED TO HOLD / THE TREMENDOUS CROWD THAT WANTED TO ATTEND THE INAUGURAL / BALL. THE FIRST LADY’S DRESS WAS DESIGNED BY OLEG CASSINI. / NX-A FUL-FOR / CREDIT (UPI PHOTO) 1/21/61 WH