Diamonds and Gray Organza

Diamonds and Gray Organza

Photograph

Elliott Erwitt

Maker
American, b. France, 1928–2023

Diamonds and Gray Organza

What to Wear to the White House?


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 7/16 × 6 5/16 in. (24 × 16.1 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0194
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (White House) 3/62 9) DIAMNODS AND GRAY ORGANZA: Mrs. Claiborne \ Pell, wife of the Senator (D). from Rhode Island, will \ wear a bouffant creation of pale gray organza em- \ broidered with yellow flowers. Photographed here on \ the stairs of her Washington home, she is wearing a \ necklace of diamonds. \ Credit: Elliott Erwitt © 1962 MAGNUM PHOTOS
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