Object Details
Artist
Korstiaan Verkade, 12 Oct 1941 - 29 Dec 2020
Sitter
Grace Kelly, 12 Nov 1929 - 14 Sep 1982
Exhibition Label
Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The cool blonde star of Alfred Hithcock’s Rear Window (1954) and Charles Walters’s High Society (1956), Grace Kelly began acting on Broadway and in early television before pursuing a movie career in the early 1950s. She won a Best Actress Oscar in 1954 for The Country Girl, co-starring with Bing Crosby. In 1956 she retired from movies to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco in one of the most thoroughly covered news events of the 1950s.
Nacida en Filadelfia, Pensilvania
Grace Kelly, la serena y elegante estrella rubia de Rear Window y High Society, actuó en Broadway y en televisión antes de dedicarse al cine en la década de 1950. Ganó un Oscar a la mejor actriz en 1954 por The Country Girl, la cual protagonizó con Bing Crosby. En 1956 se retiró del cine para casarse con el príncipe Rainiero III de Mónaco en uno de los eventos mediáticos más difundidos de la década.
Provenance
Owner’s widower, His Serene Highness Prince Rainier of Monaco; gift to NPG 1986
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of His Serene Highness Prince Rainier of Monaco
Date
1983
Object number
NPG.86.2
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze on wood base
Dimensions
With Base: 45.1 x 25.4 x 30.5cm (17 3/4 x 10 x 12")
Without Base: 38.7 x 25.4 x 30.5cm (15 1/4 x 10 x 12")
Base: 6.4 x 16.8 x 16.8cm (2 1/2 x 6 5/8 x 6 5/8")
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Exhibition
American Winners: Athletes and Entertainers Who Shaped the Nation
On View
NPG, West Gallery 240
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
Costume\Jewelry\Earring
Grace Kelly: Female
Grace Kelly: Arts and Culture\Patron of the arts
Grace Kelly: Social Welfare and Reform\Philanthropist
Grace Kelly: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Movie actor
Grace Kelly: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Humanitarian
Grace Kelly: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Humanitarian\Charity administrator\Charity founder
Grace Kelly: Politics and Government\Ruler\Princess
Grace Kelly: Performing arts awards\Academy Award
Grace Kelly: Medicine and Health\American Red Cross\President
Portrait
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npg_NPG.86.2