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FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST

Creator(s): Arnold Newman (Photographer)

On view in: Adam Dressing Room


About this object

This wooden frame contains a black and white photograph mounted on paperboard of Marjorie Merriweather Post in a full length dark velvet gown, with a fitted bodice, sweetheart neckline, full skirt, and long sleeves whose fullness reach the floor, standing at the east end of the dining room at Hillwood and looking directly at the camera, which, looking northwest, takes in the north wall of the dining room, the fireplace, and the doors to the French Porcelain Room. The photo was taken by Arnold Newman.

Object name:
FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST
Made from:
Wood -- paper
Made in:
New York, USA
Date made:
ca. 1965
Size:
21.1 × 26.2 cm (8 5/16 × 10 5/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
34.109
Signature marks:
stamp ARNOLD NEWMAN / 39 WEST 67 STREET / NEW YORK 25, N.Y. back of photograph inscription 4018-8 beneath stamp on back of photograph handwritten in pencil inscription 36715 // 2 2/15/61 // JR lower right corner of backing board handwritten in ink
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973