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Washington, DC 20565

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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
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Celebrating American art and artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

The Family

May 5, 1976

Richard Avedon

Associated Names

Richard Avedon

Artist, American, 1923 - 2004

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Artwork overview

Medium

69 gelatin silver prints and original 1976 Rolling Stone Magazine
Credit Line

Gift of John Pritzker
Dimensions

image (visible; each): 25.1 × 20.3 cm (9 7/8 × 8 in.)
framed (each): 42.9 × 36.9 × 3.5 cm (16 7/8 × 14 1/2 × 1 3/8 in.)
Accession Number

2025.98.1-69
Portfolio Title

The Family

John deButts, Chairman of the Board, AT&T, New York City

Richard Avedon

1976

Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State, Washington, DC

Richard Avedon

1976

Mike Mansfield, US Senator from Montana, Majority Leader of the Senate, Washington, DC

Richard Avedon

1976

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John and Lisa Pritzker, San Francisco, CA; gift to NGA, 2025.

Associated Names

John Pritzker

Exhibition History

2015

Celebrating Photography at the National Gallery of Art: Recent Gifts, Washington, DC, November 1, 2015–February 28, 2016

Inscriptions

signed by artist, along right side in black ink: Avedon

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