Lena Horne
Object Details
- Artist
- Richard Avedon, 15 May 1923 - 1 Oct 2004
- Sitter
- Lena Calhoun Horne, 30 Jun 1917 - 9 May 2010
- Associated Institution
- Blackglama
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
- 1969
- Object number
- NPG.98.152
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © The Richard Avedon Foundation
- Type
- Medium
- Photolithographic halftone poster
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 70.6 x 55.4 cm (27 13/16 x 21 13/16")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Title
- Blackglama: What Becomes a Legend Most?
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Interior\Studio
- Costume\Outerwear\Coat\Fur
- Poster
- Lena Calhoun Horne: Female
- Lena Calhoun Horne: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Theater\Stage actor
- Lena Calhoun Horne: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist
- Lena Calhoun Horne: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Movie actor
- Lena Calhoun Horne: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Singer\Popular singer
- Lena Calhoun Horne: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Television\Television actor
- Lena Calhoun Horne: Performing arts awards\Grammy
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.98.152
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4135698f8-d6bd-481c-8026-a2fc85dd4594
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