Dame Vivienne Westwood
1 of 20 portraits of Dame Vivienne Westwood
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Dame Vivienne Westwood
by Jane Bown
bromide print, 1999
14 in. x 10 in. (354 mm x 256 mm)
Commissioned, 1999
Primary Collection
NPG P758(9)
Sitterback to top
- Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood (1941-2022), Fashion designer. Sitter in 20 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Jane Bown (1925-2014), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 73 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This photograph was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery for Faces of the Century: A Sainsbury's Photographic Exhibition (NPG, 1999) for which Westwood acted as one of 10 selectors.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Faces of the Century, 1999 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 22 October 1999 to 30 January 2000), p. 214
- Bown, Jane, Exposures, 2009, p. 182
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 655
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Jane Bown (8 February 2005 - 28 April 2005)
- Faces of the Century (22 October 1999 - 30 January 2000)
Events of 1999back to top
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