Flower Bright
Photograph

Elliott Erwitt

Maker
American, b. France, 1928–2023

Flower Bright

What to Wear to the White House?


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 7/16 × 5 3/8 in. (24 × 13.7 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0193
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (White House) 3/62 FLOWER BRIGHT: Mrs. Thomas D. Kuchel, wife \ of California's Republican Senator, will wear a sheath \ embroidered from top to toe in sequins matching the \ flower print of the silk gown. Photographed before a portrait of the Senator, the gown shimmers and twinkles \ with purples, reds greens and yellows. \ Credit: Elliott Erwitt © 1962 MAGNUM PHOTOS
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