Annie Leibovitz Color Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, [color photoprint]
name: label: Manufacturer
content: American Express (New York)
label: Photographer
content: Leibovitz, Annie, 1949-
label: Names
content: Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996
topic: label: Topic
content: Automobiles
label: Topic
content: Mercedes automobile
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Annie Leibovitz, May 19, 1997.
creator: label: Manufacturer
content: American Express (New York)
label: Photographer
content: Leibovitz, Annie, 1949-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Born in Westport, Connecticut. Fine arts degree, San Francisco Art Institute, 1971. Leibovitz's career began in 1970, when she began photographing for Rolling Stone magazine; in 1973, she became the chief photographer. Later worked for Life, Vogue, Esquire, Time and Newsweek. In 1983 a 60-print show of her work toured Europe and the United States. The accompanying book, "Annie Leibovitz: Photographs," was a best-seller. Currently works for Vanity Fair. Published "Olympic Portraits," in June 1996 during Summer Olympic Games. Based in New York City.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (1 folder, 15" x 12," in mat with Mylar overlay, 21-3/8" x 18-1/8")
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988.
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0588
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Chromogenic color prints
label: Type
content: Color prints (photographs)
label: Type
content: Chromogenic processes
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series (single Item).
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Archives Center Staff, 1998.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Chromogenic color prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Color prints (photographs)
label: Genre/Form
content: Chromogenic processes
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1980-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Image shows Ella Fitzgerald in red dress and hat with fur (designed by Don Loper), posed with a Mercedez-Benz automobile. The picture was created for an American Express Card advertisement, ca. 1987, part of a popular "portraits" campaign for American Express, for which the photographer won the Clio Award and the Campaign of the Decade Award from Advertising Age magazine. Color printing process unidentified.