Description
From the estate of Colin Powell, White House photograph of National Security Advisor Colin Powell and Chief of Staff Ken Duberstein, briefing President Ronald Reagan on March 7, 1988.
Signed by Ken Duberstein on verso. Stamped on verso: “Official Photograph / The White House / Washington D.C.” Photograph code: “C45701-20A / 7 Mar 88 / w/o 8249.” Color photograph printed on foam board, black wood frame, hanging cable on verso. Full piece measures 24.75″ x 21″. Light soiling to photograph, small scrape from transport. Solid frame and bright illustrations.
At a lunch with President Barack Obama in 2011, White House photographer Pete Souza asked General Powell if he remembered him from his time in the Reagan administration. Powell responded, “of course, I still have one of his jumbos hanging over my hot tub.”
Provenance: Potomac Auction House, Lot 1064, Estate of Colin Powell, 2022.
