Costumes at the Met (Celebrity Panel)
Artist
Tseng Kwong Chi
(American (born Hong Kong), 1950 - 1990)
CultureChinese/American
Date1983
MediumGelatin silver prints, stapled on board
DimensionsOverall, Frame: 52 13/16 × 42 3/8 × 2 in. (134.1 × 107.6 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Meredith and Brother Rutter, in memory of Amy L. Brandt, the Chrysler’s first McKinnon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Object number2017.22
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a unique composition of 20 photographs of the artist at the Costume Institute gala at the Met.Label TextCostumes at the Met (Celebrity Panel), 1983 Costumes at the Met series Photomontage with 20 vintage gelatin silver prints (photographs) stapled on board Tseng made this photomontage for his friend Dan Friedman in gratitude for his assistance at the Costume Institute gala. Top row, from left: Artist Andy Warhol and unidentified woman, fashion designer Adele Simpson, unidentified woman, model and designer Tina Chow and restaurateur Michael Chow with unidentified woman Second row, from left: fashion designer Carolina Herrera, director and choreographer Jerome Robbins, writer Fran Lebowitz, actress Claudette Colbert Third row, from left: fashion designer Paloma Picasso, actress Monique van Vooren, artist Louise Nevelson, model Karen Björnson, fashion designer Halston Fourth row, from left: fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, financier J. Patrick Lannan and fashion designer Mary McFadden, philanthropist Happy Rockefeller, socialite Pat Buckley Bottom row, from left: philanthropist Nancy Kissinger, socialites Gladys Solomon and Jean Tailer, Jacqueline de Ribes, Dan Friedman Promised gift to the Chrysler Museum of Art from Brother and Meredith Rutter, in memory of Amy L. Brandt, the Chrysler’s first McKinnon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art ProvenanceThe artist to Dan Friedman, 1983; Private Collection; Christie's New York, 18 April 2001, Sale 9618, Lot 317, purchased by Henry Buhl; Sotheby's New York, 12 December 2012, Sale 8886, Lot 432, purchased by Brother and Meredith Rutter; gift to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 2017.Exhibition History"Tseng Kwong Chi: Performing for the Camera," Grey Art Gallery, New York, NY, April 21 - July 11, 2015; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, August 18 - December 13, 2015; Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, MA, January 21 - May 22, 2016; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL, September 17 - December 11, 2016. "Come Together, Right Now: The Art of Gathering," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 11, 2020 - January 3, 2021.Published ReferencesAmy Brandt, _Tseng Kwong Chi: Performing for the Camera_ (New York: The Chrysler Museum of Art and the Grey Art Gallery, New York University, with Lyon Artbooks, 2015) 15, 51, back cover.
