Members Exhibition Preview - “Don Bachardy: A Life in Portraits”

Name: Members Exhibition Preview - “Don Bachardy: A Life in Portraits” | The Huntington
Start: Fri, Apr 11 2025
Location: The Huntington

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Members can preview this retrospective exhibition of the prolific Los Angeles artist before it opens to the public.

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Don Bachardy (b. 1934) is known for creating distinctive portraits of generations of artistic, literary, and film personalities. The exhibition “Don Bachardy: A Life in Portraits” includes more than 100 graphite and acrylic works on paper, many of which have never been exhibited, as well as archival materials, including letters and photographs.

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A painted portrait of a man with white hair wearing a blue tank top.

A black-and-white photo of a young man in a suit getting an autograph from Marylin Monroe.

A handwritten letter on stationery from “Hotel Chelsea New York.”

A polaroid photo of a group of men near the ocean.

A painted portrait of a woman with exaggerated features.

A pencil and ink drawing of a man with his hand on his chin.

A painted portrait of a man with white hair wearing a green shirt.

A black pen and ink drawing, on white paper, of a woman with her head on her hand.

Don Bachardy, Self-portrait, August 8, 2018, 2018, acrylic on paper, 29 × 23 in. (73.7 × 58.4 cm). Don Bachardy Papers.

| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. © Don Bachardy, 2018.

Ted Bachardy, Don and Marilyn Monroe, 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. Don Bachardy Papers.

| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Don Bachardy, Letter to Christopher Isherwood January 26, 1964, 1964 January 26, 9 1/2 × 5 15/16 in.

| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. © Don Bachardy, 1964.

Unknown, Chris and Don on Catalina Trip, 1976, 4 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. Christopher Isherwood Papers.

| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Don Bachardy, Christopher Isherwood, June 20, 1979, 1979, acrylic on paper, 26 × 20 in. (66 × 50.8 cm).

Don Bachardy, Crystal Martin, March 5, 2003 (no. 4), 2003, 26 × 20 in. (66 × 50.8 cm). Howarth & Smith Collection.

Don Bachardy, James Baldwin, January 23, 1964 (no. 2), 1964, graphite and ink on paper, 29 × 23 in. (73.7 × 58.4 cm). Don Bachardy Papers.

Don Bachardy, Tim Hilton, May 30, 2017, 2017, acrylic on paper, 29 × 23 in. (73.7 × 58.4 cm). Don Bachardy Papers.

Don Bachardy, Jennifer West, 1963 (no. 1), 1963, pen and ink on paper, 22 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (57.2 × 44.5 cm). Don Bachardy Papers.

Members Exhibition Preview - “Don Bachardy: A Life in Portraits”

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