Oriental Elegance

Oriental Elegance

Photograph

Elliott Erwitt

Maker
American, b. France, 1928–2023

Oriental Elegance

What to Wear to the White House?


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 7/16 × 5 3/8 in. (24 × 13.6 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0196
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (White House) 3/62 11) ORIENTAL ELEGANCE: Mrs. Gerald Ford, Jr., \ wife of the GOP Representaive from Michigan, had her \ gown made from a royal purple and gold sari on a recent \ visit to India. \ Credit: Elliot Erwitt © 1962 MAGNUM PHOTOS
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