Grace Kelly
Object Details
- Artist
- Korstiaan Verkade, born 12 Oct 1941
- Sitter
- Grace Kelly, 12 Nov 1929 - 14 Sep 1982
- Exhibition Label
- Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- The cool blonde star of Rear Window and High Society, Grace Kelly began acting on Broadway and in early television before pursuing a movie career in the early 1950s. She won a Best Actress Oscar in 1954 for The Country Girl, co-starring with Bing Crosby. In 1956 she retired from movies to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco in one of the most thoroughly covered news events of the 1950s. Princess Grace lived in Monaco until her death in an automobile accident—said to be at the spot on the Riviera where the picnic scene from the movie To Catch a Thief was filmed in 1954.
- Provenance
- Owner’s widower, His Serene Highness Prince Rainier of Monaco; gift to NPG 1986
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of His Serene Highness Prince Rainier of Monaco
- 1983
- Object number
- NPG.86.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Bronze on wood base
- Dimensions
- With Base: 45.1 x 25.4 x 30.5cm (17 3/4 x 10 x 12")
- Without Base: 38.7 x 25.4 x 30.5cm (15 1/4 x 10 x 12")
- Base: 6.4 x 16.8 x 16.8cm (2 1/2 x 6 5/8 x 6 5/8")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- NPG Mezzanine: 20th and 21st Century Americans
- On View
- NPG, South Gallery 322 Mezzanine
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Costume\Jewelry\Earring
- Grace Kelly: Female
- Grace Kelly: Arts and Culture\Patron of the arts
- Grace Kelly: Social Welfare and Reform\Philanthropist
- Grace Kelly: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Movie actor
- Grace Kelly: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Humanitarian
- Grace Kelly: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Humanitarian\Charity administrator\Charity founder
- Grace Kelly: Politics and Government\Ruler\Princess
- Grace Kelly: Performing arts awards\Academy Award
- Grace Kelly: Medicine and Health\American Red Cross\President
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.86.2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm48bc3fe8c-c6f8-42d0-8dcb-8a77a0d9c48b
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