JACKIE O'S WHITE HOUSE FLOWER PRINTS FROM DRESSING ROOM ABOARD THE CHRISTINA.
ONASSIS, JACQUELINE KENNEDY. 1929-1994. 3 offset lithographic prints, 'White House Flower Arrangement,' from Jackie Kennedy Onassis's dressing room aboard the yacht Christina, each 310 x 400 mm (matted and framed to 390 x 475 mm), 1973, in bamboo frames with gold paper matte, mounts affixed to both top and bottom of verso to stabilize the frames while at sea, some chipping to mattes.
Provenance: Jackie Kennedy Onassis, hung in her dressing room c.1973; sold with the Christina to John Paul Papanicolaou, and removed from the dressing room during renovation; by descent.

JACKIE O'S FRAMED WHITE HOUSE FLORAL PRINTS FROM HER DRESSING ROOM ABOARD THE CHRISTINA. The Christina, owned by Aristotle Onassis and Jacqueline Onassis, was the most luxurious and well-known yacht of its time, hosting a Hollywood A-list including Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra. The prints are from Harold Sterner's series 'White House Flower Arrangements,' issued in 1973, and are in their original vintage bamboo and gold matte frames, with mounts to the back which secured the pictures while sailing. It was President Kennedy and Jackie who change attitudes toward the White House Gardens, which until their administration had been used primarily for private enjoyment of the Presidential family. They turned them into public and press opportunities, taking advantage of the bright colors that popped when they appeared on television. For Christmas 1973, Jackie sent inscribed copies of the books containing these images to the Auchincloss side of her family.
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