RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004) - photo 1
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RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)

Starting price
€ 30 000
Auction dateClassic
24.05.2022 16:00UTC +02:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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France, Paris
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ID 771079
Lot 64 | RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)
RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)
Dovima, Evening dress by Patou, Chez Yvonne, Paris, Harper's Bazaar, August 1955
tirage argentique, monté sur support cartonné
signé et mentions au stylo de la main de Richard Avedon à Alexey Brodovitch 'Alexey, you might crop out typo if it is too strong. Dick' et cachet de copyright Harper's Bazaar daté et annoté au crayon (montage, recto); cachet du photographe 'Richard Avedon. Made in France', diverses annotations à l'encre 'Patou "Duo"'et au crayon 'Patou real caption satin Orlon acrylic fiber and silk' et légendé sur une étiquette dactylographiée Harper's Bazaar (montage, verso)
Un papier calque avec indications de retouches pour la publication accompagne l'oeuvre
image/feuille : 24 x 19,2 cm. (9 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄2 in.)
montage : 38 x 31 cm. (15 x 12 1⁄4 in.)
Cette oeuvre est unique.




Provenance

Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Zurich
Acquis directement auprès de celle-ci en 1989



Literature

Richard Avedon, Avedon: photographs 1947-1977, Londres, Thames and Hudson, 1978, n.p.
Anne Hollander, Richard Avedon, Woman in the Mirror, Munich, Schirmer/Mosel, 2005, p. 49.



Exhibited

Berlin, C/O Berlin Foundation. Allure. Collection Susanne Von Meiss, 28 mai - 4 septembre 2016 (reproduit au catalogue p. 30).



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Post lot text

GELATIN SILVER PRINT, MOUNTED ON BOARD; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED IN PEN BY RICHARD AVEDON'S HAND TO ALEXEY BRODOVITCH 'ALEXEY, YOU MIGHT CROP OUT TYPO IF IT IS TOO STRONG. DICK' AND STAMPED HARPER'S BAZAAR COPYRIGHT CREDIT DATED AND ANNOTATED IN PENCIL (MOUNT, RECTO); STAMPED PHOTOGRAPHER'S CREDIT 'RICHARD AVEDON. MADE IN FRANCE', VARIOUSLY ANNOTATED IN INK 'PATOU "DUO"' AND PENCIL 'PATOU REAL CAPTION SATIN ORLON ACRYLIC FIBER AND SILK' AND CAPTIONED ON HARPER'S BAZAAR TYPED LABEL (MOUNT, VERSO)A TRACING PAPER WITH EDITING INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLICATION IS ACCOMPANYING THE WORKTHIS WORK IS A UNIQUE ENGRAVER'S PRINT
Artist:Richard Avedon (1923 - 2004)
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