Object Details
- Artist
- Annie Leibovitz, born 2 Oct 1949
- Sitter
- Anna Wintour, born 3 Nov 1949
- Exhibition Label
- Born London, England
- Anna Wintour has been the editor in chief of Vogue since 1988 and was named artistic director of Condé Nast in 2013. As the host of the famed Met Gala, she has raised more than $200 million for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. Wintour has received numerous awards for her leadership and charitable efforts, including the Council of Fashion Designers of America Lifetime Achievement Award and the Award of Courage for AIDS Research from the American Foundation
- for AIDS Research. In October 2009, President Barack Obama appointed Wintour to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She was named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her service to British journalism and fashion by Queen Elizabeth II in 2017. The sitting for this portrait by Annie Leibovitz took place in Wintour’s New York City apartment, where her aesthetic sensibility is reflected in the objects surrounding her.
- Nacida en Londres, Inglaterra
- Anna Wintour ha sido editora jefe de Vogue desde 1988 y directora artística de Condé Nast desde 2013. Como anfitriona de la famosa Gala del Met, ha recaudado más de $200 millones para el Instituto del Vestido del Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ha recibido numerosos premios por su liderazgo y labor caritativa, entre ellos el Premio por Trayectoria del Concilio de Diseñadores de Moda de Estados Unidos y el Premio al Valor de la Fundación Americana de Investigación sobre el SIDA. En octubre de 2009, el presidente Barack Obama la designó al Comité Presidencial de las Artes y Humanidades. En 2017 la reina Isabel II la nombró Dama Comendadora de la Orden del Imperio Británico por sus servicios al periodismo y a la moda de Gran Bretaña. La sesión de fotos para este retrato creado por Annie Leibovitz tuvo lugar en el apartamento de Wintour en Nueva York, donde su sensibilidad esté tica se refleja en los objetos que la rodean.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Randi Charno Levine
- 2015 (printed 2019)
- Object number
- NPG.2019.115
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Annie Leibovitz
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Archival pigment print
- Dimensions
- Image: 67.8 × 67.5 cm (26 11/16 × 26 9/16")
- Sheet: 77.8 × 77.5 cm (30 5/8 × 30 1/2")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Interior
- Container\Vase
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Sofa
- Anna Wintour: Female
- Anna Wintour: Social Welfare and Reform\Philanthropist
- Anna Wintour: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Visual arts administrator\Art museum administrator\Art museum trustee
- Anna Wintour: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Magazine editor\Fashion magazine editor
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2019.115
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49f83a4ba-5dde-43e2-87f8-0b9899e5c918
