id:			376240
accession number:	2020.75
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.75
updated:		2025-02-09 07:54:36.357000

First Beauty Composite: Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Sophia Lauren, Marilyn Monroe, 1982, printed 1999. 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 46.3 cm (18 1/4 x 18 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust 2020.75 © Nancy Burson

title:				First Beauty Composite: Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Sophia Lauren, Marilyn Monroe
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creation date:			1982, printed 1999
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
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 46.3 cm (18 1/4 x 18 1/4 in.)
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edition of the work: 	edition 11/15

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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Written in black ink on recto: "First Beauty Composite © 1982 Nancy Burson (signed) [illegible word] R.C. & D.K. 11/15"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Studio of the Artist
	date: 1999
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	(Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA)
	date: 2000
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	John J. McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
	date: 2000-2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 2, 2020
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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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