Jacqueline Onassis

June 5, 1968

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

The image shows a portrait of a woman captured from the chest up. She is positioned facing slightly upwards and to the side, giving a three-quarter view. Her facial features include a smile, large eyes, and defined eyebrows. Her hair is styled in a full, voluminous manner and appears dark. She is wearing a dark top with decorative trim along the neckline and sleeves. The woman has a large pair of earrings that are visible. The background is a collage with various abstract elements, including painted areas and drawn symbols like arrows and letters. The overall aesthetic combines the photo with mixed media artwork.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 24.6 × 18.1 cm (9 11/16 × 7 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.208.19

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Field Enterprises, Chicago. Jo Tartt, Jr., Warrenton, VA; NGA purchase, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in white and black paint; crop marks left and right side in orange, black, and white crayon; on verso, upper left stamped in black ink: SUN TIMES / OCT 22 1978; by unknown hand, upper center in red ink crossed out in graphite: 158 / 18 / [line] / 140; center left in graphite: 2/3col / 1/2 col [crossed out] / + / kup / 1st Sun / 1x [crossed out] / FRI; center newspaper article about Jacqueline Onassis printed in black ink; by unknown hand, center right in blue ink: above 1969; center right stamped in blue ink perpendicular: 2606- / [illegible] 21 01 02 78; lower left in black crayon crossed out in graphite: 62 / [line] / 22 lower center stamped in black ink inverted: CHICAGO DAILY NEWS / JAN-9 1971 / PROPERTY OF / FIELD ENTERPRISES, INC.; lower center stamped in black ink: DAILY NEWS / AUG 5 1970; lower center stamped in black ink: DAILY NEWS / NOV 7 1969

Wikidata ID

Q64144786

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