Museums and Public Art Galleries:
Coco Chanel at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City Information about a 2005 Chanel exhibition, with photographs of the designer and her works
Metropolitan Museum of Art Timetable of Art History, New York City Essay on the artist along with 10 dresses designed by Coco Chanel
California Museum of Photography at U.C. Riverside Coco Chanel, photographed by Louise Dahl-Wolfe
Manchester City Art Gallery, UK 3 items displayed online
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris (in French)  Portrait de Mademoiselle Chanel, 1923, oil painting by Marie Laurencin
Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York Evening dress and coat, white sequins and silk, spring 1970
Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York Evening chemise, pink silk crepe chiffon, ca.1925
Coco Chanel at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C. Coco Chanel, 1964, photographed by Henri Cartier-Bresson
Professional Tools:
Artprice
Web Sites About the Artist:
Designers' Block (Blog) Several photographs by Karl Lagerfeld of Coco Chanel's apartment in Paris
Fashion Victims (Blog) Some photographs of Coco Chenal by Horst P. Horst
Other Web Sites:
Chanel Corporate Home Page
Articles:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Coco Chanel Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 75-word preview only. Troubleshooting
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum) Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Artnet Magazine Coco Chanel in her salon, watercolor by Cecil Beaton
Time Magazine
Travel and Leisure Magazine Article on Chanel's favorite haunts in Paris
Multimedia:
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself Coco Chanel parle de l'elegance. Interview with Coco Chanel (in French). Search for "Coco Chanel" to see a variety of other videos related to her or House of Chanel.
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