"A Wedding on the Rocks" Performers Ed Stivender, Dawn Whalen, and Donna Donnelly (?) on Sidewalk, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
Wayne Fleming
(American)
Date1978
MediumPhotography; color slide on plastic in cardboard mount
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Robert Gregson
DescriptionSlide depicting Ed Stivender, Dawn Whalen (in the wedding dress), and another woman, probably Donna Donnelly, dressed as a bridesmaid, walking along the sidewalk in downtown Hartford. Stivender is wearing a hat and suit, Whalen is in a wedding dress and is carrying flowers, and the other woman is wearing a bridesmaid's dress and carrying a basket of flowers.
Object number2015.99.2.19
CopyrightCopyright held by the Connecticut Historical Society. See object file for copyright transfer forms.
NotesSubject note: Bob Gregson's video of Thursday is a Work of Art interviews and events (https://vimeo.com/12575676) depicts the wedding participants walking through downtown Hartford, then getting married amid Carl Andre's "Stone Field Sculpture." (They divorced hours later.) This event took place on July 13, 1978, and was written about in the Hartford Courant ("Sidewalk Art Weds Life, Fun in Summer Series," by Antoinette Martin,
The Hartford Courant (1923-1994); Jul 14, 1978; pg. 62).On View
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