ID 1134129 
Lot 42  | RICHARD AVEDON (1923–2004)
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000 
Dovima with Elephants, 1955
gelatin silver print, mounted on board
various annotations in red crayon and pencil (mount, recto); signed and dated in pencil, with various inscriptions in ink 'Richard Avedon made in France' stamps and typed Harper's Bazaar sheet (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Photographs from the Sir Elton John Collection label and High Museum of Art label (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ in. (19.7 x 24.8 cm.)
mount: 12 1⁄8 x 14 7⁄8 in. (30.7 x 37.7 cm.)
Provenance
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1994.
Literature
Harper's Bazaar Magazine, September 1955, p. 214
Philippe Garner et al., Avedon Fashion, Abrams, New York, 2009, p. 134.
Exhibited
Atlanta, High Museum of Art, Chorus of Light: Photographs from the Sir Elton John Collection, November 4, 2000– January 28, 2001.
| Artist: | Richard Avedon (1923 - 2004) | 
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| Genre: | Portrait | 
| Auction house category: | Photography | 
| Artist: | Richard Avedon (1923 - 2004) | 
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| Genre: | Portrait | 
| Auction house category: | Photography | 
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