Leopold Stokowski portrait, Face-to-Face talk




Face-to-Face, from the National Portrait Gallery show

Summary: Warren Perry, researcher at NPG, discusses Leopold Stokowski's portrait by Edward Steichen. This 1928 portrait was taken during the second phase of conductor Leopold Stokowski's career, that is, after his divorce from Olga Samaroff and during a period of increasing fame. Recorded at NPG, July 2008. Image info: Leopold Antoni Stanislaw Boleslawowicz Stokowski / Edward Steichen, 1928 / National Portrait Gallery / Acquired in memory of Agnes and Eugene Meyer through the generosity of Katharine Graham and the New York Community Trust, The Island Fund