id:			376241
accession number:	2020.73
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.73
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:28.009000

Second Beauty Composite: Jane Fonda, Jacqueline Bisset, Diane Keaton, Brooke Shields, Meryl Streep, 1982. Nancy Burson (American, b. 1948). Gelatin silver print; image: 20.9 x 22.7 cm (8 1/4 x 8 15/16 in.); framed: 46.4 x 46.5 cm (18 1/4 x 18 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust 2020.73 © Nancy Burson

title:				Second Beauty Composite: Jane Fonda, Jacqueline Bisset, Diane Keaton, Brooke Shields, Meryl Streep
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creation date:			1982
creation date earliest:		1982
creation date latest:		1982
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creditline:			The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust
copyright:			© Nancy Burson

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1951-Present
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Nancy Burson (American, b. 1948)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 20.9 x 22.7 cm (8 1/4 x 8 15/16 in.); Framed: 46.4 x 46.5 cm (18 1/4 x 18 5/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in black ink on recto: "Second Beauty Composite © 1982 Nancy Burson (signed) 11/15"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	John J. McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 2, 2020
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fun fact:
Standards of beauty vary not only across cultures but also through time.

digital description:
By compositing the faces of female movie stars from two different eras, Nancy Burson helps us see how the type of face considered photogenic and therefore beautiful changed over the space of just a couple of decades. Curiously, creating digital composites of women took Nancy Burson longer than producing composites of men because women’s hairstyles are much more varied.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Burson, Nancy, Richard Carling, and David Kramlich. Composites: Computer-Generated Portraits. New York: Beech Tree Books, 1986.
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	Burson, Nancy, Michael L. Sand, Lynn Gumpert, Terrie Sultan, and Christopher C. French. Seeing and Believing: The Art of Nancy Burson. Santa Fe, N.M.: Twin Palms, 2002.
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