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Photograph of Bal des Arts by Nathan Benn

Creator: Nathan Benn
Offered by: Richard McGeehan Studio

Description
Image size is 15" x 22". Edition of 15.

Price listed is for photograph in custom frame with museum glass. Also available at $2800 unframed.

Information from the artist Nathan Benn:
I took this photograph on assignment for National Geographic Magazine in 1981 for a state story on Florida. The event was Bal des Arts, an annual costume gala at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. The charity gala raises money for the Norton Art Gallery. I lived in Palm Beach during my last year in college, 1971-1972. So, I had some familiarity with the Breakers Hotel and the over-the-top costume balls during “the season.”

Though not published in the National Geographic Magazine in that story, it was featured as a double page in the 1988 publication, “Odyssey: The Art of Photography at National Geographic,” with text by Jane Livingston, curator of the Corcoran Art Gallery. The image was included in the Odyssey exhibition at the Corcoran and traveled to numerous other museums.

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Prints of the image are in the permanent collection of the Ringling Museum of Art, George Eastman Museum, Peabody Essex Museum, and HistoryMiami.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, Florida
Period:	1980-1999
Materials:	Photograph
Condition:	Good. Excellent condition
Creation Date:	1981
Styles / Movements:	Other
200 Lex Booth #:	10
Book References:	"Kodachrome Memory" by Nathan Benn, powerHouse Books, 2013, p.145. "A Peculiar Paradise" by Nathan Benn, powerHouse Books, 2018, pp.156-157.
Article References:	“Odyssey: The Art of Photography at National Geographic,” with text by Jane Livingston, curator of the Corcoran Art Gallery.
Dealer Reference #:	RMS241
Incollect Reference #:	622449

Dimensions

W.	27.5 in;	H.	23 in;
W.	69.85 cm;	H.	58.42 cm;

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