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Patrician: Comtesse Alain de la Falaise, noted in Parisian society for her slim figure, patronizes Schiaparelli. Here she wears exotic cotton evening dress reminiscent of styles in the late 20s (Maxime de la Falaise)
Portfolio/SeriesParis Fashions, LIFE magazine, April 25, 1949
Artist
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
(United States, 1912 - 2006)
Date1949, printed 2017
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsIMAGE: 17 3/4 x 14 in. (450.9 x 355.6 mm)
SHEET: 20 x 16 in. (508 x 406.4 mm)
FRAME: 27 x 21 in. (68.6 x 53.3 cm)
SHEET: 20 x 16 in. (508 x 406.4 mm)
FRAME: 27 x 21 in. (68.6 x 53.3 cm)
Object TypePhotographs
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and the Gordon Parks Foundation
Object number2017.362
On View
Not on viewExhibitions
Bibliography
Gordon Parks: Homeward to the Prairie I Come
Gordon Parks centennial.
Half past autumn.
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1961, printed 2017