The Joint Chiefs of Staff: General Fred C. Weyand, Chief of Staff, US Army; Admiral James L. Holloway, Chief of Naval Operations; General George Brown, Chairman, US Air Force; General David Jones, Chief of Staff, US Air Force; General Louis H. Wilson, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Washington, DC
August 24, 1976
Richard Avedon
Artist, American, 1923 - 2004
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image (visible): 20.3 × 25.1 cm (8 × 9 7/8 in.)
framed: 36.9 × 42.9 × 3.5 cm (14 1/2 × 16 7/8 × 1 3/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2025.98.68
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Portfolio Title
The Family
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G26
Associated Artworks
See all 69 artworksJohn deButts, Chairman of the Board, AT&T, New York City
Richard Avedon
1976
The Family
Richard Avedon
1976
Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State, Washington, DC
Richard Avedon
1976
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
John and Lisa Pritzker, San Francisco, CA; gift to NGA, 2025.
Associated Names
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, lower right in graphite: Avedon; on verso, signed by artist, lower left in graphite: Avedon; lower left artist stamp in black ink: THE FAMILY / 1976 / RICHARD AVEDON / This portfolio of sixty-nine photographs, / in an edition of twenty-five, was originally / published as the Bicentennial issue of / Rolling Stone, October 21, 1976. / This photograph may not be reproduced / without written permission of Richard Avedon / All Rights Reserved / neg. no. [in graphite by artist: ] / edition of [in graphite by artist: 25] number [in graphite by artist: 10]