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Elvis Presley

National Portrait Gallery

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Object Details

Artist
Red Grooms, born 7 Jun 1937
Publisher
Shark's Ink, Inc., founded 1976
Sitter
Elvis Aron Presley, 8 Jan 1935 - 16 Aug 1977
Exhibition Label
Red Grooms, like fellow Tennessean William Eggleston (whose work is also in this room), has often memorialized Elvis in his art. In this image, he arms Elvis with his trademark flashy apparel and accompanying guitar, but a slightly closer observation will yield several other components of Elvis's iconographic ensemble-the lip curl, the slick, combed-back hair, the omnipresent Cadillac, Graceland, and the stylized stage posture. One of the famous gates of Graceland is swung open behind the entertainer while a woman in a red dress and black high heels observes the singer from the porch of the mansion.
Grooms is to American art as Mark Twain is to American writing; he is the foremost humorist in his discipline. He is also a prolific artist who works in many media.
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
1987
Object number
NPG.93.48
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© 2010 Red Grooms / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Type
Print
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Dimensions
Image: 113.2 x 77cm (44 9/16 x 30 5/16")
Sheet: 113.2 x 77cm (44 9/16 x 30 5/16")
Mount: 117.2 x 81cm (46 1/8 x 31 7/8")
Place
United States\Colorado\Boulder\Boulder
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
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Topic
Exterior
Music\Musical instrument\Guitar
Architecture\Building\House
Vehicle\Automobile
Elvis Aron Presley: Male
Elvis Aron Presley: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician
Elvis Aron Presley: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Movie
Elvis Aron Presley: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Guitarist
Elvis Aron Presley: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Rock
Elvis Aron Presley: Military\Army
Portrait
Record ID
npg_NPG.93.48
Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
Usage conditions apply
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm454dc1ce2-f109-4ab2-82ef-f67cdd8741ca

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