Description
From the estate of Colin Powell, White House Jumbo photograph of President George H.W. Bush’s announcement of Gen. Colin Powell as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, August 10, 1989.
Stamped on verso: “Official Photograph / The White House / Washington D.C.” Photograph code: “P5591-6A / 10AUG89.” Color photograph printed on foam board, black wood frame, hanging cable on verso. Full piece measures 24.5″ x 17″. Signed on verso “Florence Gantt For General Powell x 2255.”
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.
