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Charles and Jayne Wrightsman: In Photographs

Charles B. Wrightsman, oilman and polo player on Worth Ave, 1941. ( Photo by Bert Morgan / Archive Farms Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo)

Charles B. Wrightsman, poses with his wife Jayne, Palm Beach, Florida. ca. 1947 (Photo by Bert Morgan / Getty Images)

Mrs. Wrightsman in the Palm Beach house, early 1950s. (Vogue; © Condé Nast)

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman in Palm Beach, ca. 1955. Photo by Bert Morgan (Morgan Collection / Getty Images)

Mr. and Mrs. Charles B Wrightsman pictured at the Everglades Club, Palm Beach, Florida, 1960s ( Photo by Bert Morgan / Getty Images)

Mrs. Wrightsman in the Palm Beach house. Photo by Horst P. Horst, August 1, 1966 (Vogue; © Condé Nast)

Mrs. Wrightsman in the Palm Beach house. Photo by Horst P. Horst, August 1, 1966 (Vogue; © Condé Nast)

Mrs. Wrightsman, with Study of a Young Woman by Vermeer, in the New York apartment. Photo by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, May 1, 1960 (Cecil Beaton / Vogue; © Condé Nast)

Mrs. Wrightsman and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy enter the Biltmore Hotel, Palm Beach, March 1961. Photo by Bert Morgan (Morgan Collection / Getty Images)

Mr. and Mrs. Wrightsman board a plane in Palm Beach, 1965. Photo by Bob Davidoff (Davidoff Studios)

Mrs. Wrightsman in the New York apartment, ca. 1965–66. She is wearing a gown by Balenciaga. Photo by Cecil Beaton (Courtesy of the Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby's)

Mrs. Wrightsman in the New York apartment. Photo by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, October 1, 1966 (Cecil Beaton / Vogue; © Condé Nast)

Mr. and Mrs. Wrightsman in the New York apartment. They are seated beneath Christ Healing the Blind by El Greco. Photo by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, October 1, 1966 (Cecil Beaton / Vogue; © Condé Nast)

Mrs. Wrightsman in the New York apartment. Photo by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, October 1, 1966 (Cecil Beaton / Vogue; © Condé Nast)

Jayne Wrightsman attends the Canaletto exhibition opening on October 30, 1989, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage

Richard Avedon (American, New York 1923–2004 San Antonio, Texas). Jayne Wrightsman, New York City, 2001. Gelatin silver print, 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in. ). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Jayne Wrightsman, 2001 (2001.520). © 2001 Richard Avedon


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