2021.499: A “rallye” party at the Jockey Club, one of Paris’s most rarefied private clubs, 1987. Associations of noble families organize these parties to allow aristocratic youth to meet others of their class. For such events the Association of French Nobility can provide formal attire as a charitable service to those who may not be able to afford it.

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2021.499

People

Lauren Greenfield, American (Boston, Massachusetts born 1966)

Title

A “rallye” party at the Jockey Club, one of Paris’s most rarefied private clubs, 1987. Associations of noble families organize these parties to allow aristocratic youth to meet others of their class. For such events the Association of French Nobility can provide formal attire as a charitable service to those who may not be able to afford it.

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1987

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/373300

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Archival pigment print

Technique

Pigment print

Dimensions

sheet: 45.9 × 32.4 cm (18 1/16 × 12 3/4 in.)
image: 45.2 × 31.8 cm (17 13/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Lauren Greenfield, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2021.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Annenberg Space for Photography and Lauren Greenfield

Copyright

© Lauren Greenfield

Accession Year

2021

Object Number

2021.499

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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