Richard Avedon Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris 1955 Gelatin silver print, printed later. 10 x 7 7/8 in. (25.4 x 20 cm) Signed, numbered 13/100 in pencil, copyright credit reproduction limitation, title, date and edition stamps on the verso.
Provenance Sotheby's, New York, 8 October 1997, lot 405 Literature Avedon, Woman in the Mirror, p. 36 Avedon & Brodkey, Avedon Photographs, 1947-1977, back cover and pl. 159 Bailey & Harrison, Shots of Style: Great Fashion Portraits, cat. no. 7 Davis, An American Century of Photography, From Dry-Plate to Digital: The Hallmark Photographic Collection, pl. 368 Fraenkel Gallery, Richard Avedon Made in France, n.p. Gee, Photography of the Fifties: An American Perspective, p. 84 Hall-Duncan, The History of Fashion Photography, p. 137 Harrison, Appearances: Fashion Photography since 1945, p. 73 Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Avedon Fashion: 1944-2000, p. 137 High Museum of Art, Chorus of Light: Photographs from the Sir Elton John Collection, p. 189 Mazzola, 125 Great Moments of Harper’s Bazaar, pl. 3 Random House, Evidence, 1944-1994: Richard Avedon p. 53 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion, p. 50 Harper’s Bazaar, September 1955, p. 215 Artist Bio Richard Avedon American • 1923 - 2004 From the inception of Richard Avedon's career, first at Harper's Bazaar and later at Vogue, Avedon challenged the norms for editorial photography. His fashion work gained recognition for its seemingly effortless and bursting energy, while his portraits were celebrated for their succinct eloquence. "I am always stimulated by people," Avedon has said, "almost never by ideas." Indeed, as seen in his portraits — whether of famed movie stars or everyday people — the challenge for Avedon was conveying the essence of his subjects. His iconic images were usually taken on an 8 x 10 inch camera in his studio with a plain white background and strobe lighting, creating his signature minimalist style. Avedon viewed the making and production of photographs as a performance similar to literature and drama, creating portraits that are simultaneously intensely clear, yet deeply mysterious. View More Works
Richard Avedon Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris 1955 Gelatin silver print, printed later. 10 x 7 7/8 in. (25.4 x 20 cm) Signed, numbered 13/100 in pencil, copyright credit reproduction limitation, title, date and edition stamps on the verso.
Provenance Sotheby's, New York, 8 October 1997, lot 405 Literature Avedon, Woman in the Mirror, p. 36 Avedon & Brodkey, Avedon Photographs, 1947-1977, back cover and pl. 159 Bailey & Harrison, Shots of Style: Great Fashion Portraits, cat. no. 7 Davis, An American Century of Photography, From Dry-Plate to Digital: The Hallmark Photographic Collection, pl. 368 Fraenkel Gallery, Richard Avedon Made in France, n.p. Gee, Photography of the Fifties: An American Perspective, p. 84 Hall-Duncan, The History of Fashion Photography, p. 137 Harrison, Appearances: Fashion Photography since 1945, p. 73 Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Avedon Fashion: 1944-2000, p. 137 High Museum of Art, Chorus of Light: Photographs from the Sir Elton John Collection, p. 189 Mazzola, 125 Great Moments of Harper’s Bazaar, pl. 3 Random House, Evidence, 1944-1994: Richard Avedon p. 53 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion, p. 50 Harper’s Bazaar, September 1955, p. 215 Artist Bio Richard Avedon American • 1923 - 2004 From the inception of Richard Avedon's career, first at Harper's Bazaar and later at Vogue, Avedon challenged the norms for editorial photography. His fashion work gained recognition for its seemingly effortless and bursting energy, while his portraits were celebrated for their succinct eloquence. "I am always stimulated by people," Avedon has said, "almost never by ideas." Indeed, as seen in his portraits — whether of famed movie stars or everyday people — the challenge for Avedon was conveying the essence of his subjects. His iconic images were usually taken on an 8 x 10 inch camera in his studio with a plain white background and strobe lighting, creating his signature minimalist style. Avedon viewed the making and production of photographs as a performance similar to literature and drama, creating portraits that are simultaneously intensely clear, yet deeply mysterious. View More Works
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