Portrait of André Leon Talley at La Villa Vigie
date: label: Date
content: 1989
name: label: Photograph by
content: Alice Springs, Australian, 1923 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: André Leon Talley, American, 1948 - 2022
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph portrait of André Leon Talley, seated, captured by Alice Springs (June Newton) at La Villa Vigie, Karl Lagerfeld’s home on the French Riviera.
label: Description
content: The full-length portrait depicts Talley sitting on a chair. He is wearing a black tuxedo with white shirt, a dark-colored bowtie, a light-colored pocket square, and black shoes with large crystal buckles. His proper left arm is draped over the back of the chair. His proper right hand rests atop his left leg, which crosses over his right. Talley’s head is tilted up and slightly to the left as he gazes down. In the background, a large vase of lilies sits on a metal table in front of a white column and a bas-relief decoration on the wall.
label: Description
content: The photograph is signed, titled, and dated in ink in the margin and has an inscription from the photographer to Talley on the verso reading: [with love to André / from June / Monte Carlo / 20 Sept 1994]. It is matted and framed in a black wooden frame with a stamp for [BARK FRAMEWORKS, INC.] on the back.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Journalism
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.31.4
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Alice Springs
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with wood, glass, cardboard, tape, and ink
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (frame): 36 × 29 × 1 in. (91.4 × 73.7 × 2.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (mat): 29 1/2 × 22 in. (74.9 × 55.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (sheet): 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (image): 22 × 14 3/4 in. (55.9 × 37.5 cm)