Description
From the estate of Secretary of State Colin Powell, White House Cabinet Meeting on February 26, 2001, the day before his first State of the Union address.
Stamped on verso: “Official Photograph / The White House / Washington D.C.” Code on verso: “P293/19A 26FEB01 ED.” Color photograph printed on foam board, black wood frame, hanging cable on verso. Full piece measures 21″ x 31″. Light dampstain to verso, no impact to photograph.
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.
