Lot 113
  • 113

Richard Avedon (1923 - 2004)

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description

  • Richard Avedon
  • Jean Shrimpton, Evening dress by Galitzine, Hair by Alexandra, Paris Studio, August 1965
Tirage argentique de 1981. Contrecollé sur lin. Au verso, signé et numéroté 14/50 au feutre par le photographe, avec tampons d'édition, de copyright, daté 1965 au feutre, et de titre. Sous passe-partout et encadré.

Provenance

Staley Wise Gallery, New York

Literature

Carol Squiers et Vince Aletti, Avedon Fashion. 1944-2000, New York,  La Martinière, 2009, ill. p. 219.

Condition

In excellent condition. With two spots of original retouching near the upper edge towards the centre and a trace of a handling fold of approx. 2 cm nearby, hardly visible in raking light.
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