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View full screen - View 1 of Lot 31. 'Dorian Leigh, Evening Dress by Piguet, Helena Rubinstein Apartment, Paris', August 1949.

Property from the Neiman Marcus Collection

Richard Avedon

'Dorian Leigh, Evening Dress by Piguet, Helena Rubinstein Apartment, Paris', August 1949

Lot Closed

November 16, 03:34 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Neiman Marcus Collection

Richard Avedon

1923 - 2004

'Dorian Leigh, Evening Dress by Piguet, Helena Rubinstein Apartment, Paris', August 1949


Silver print, printed 1978. Signed and numbered 19/75 by the photographer in pencil and with his portfolio, copyright, and title stamps on the verso. A plate from the 'Avedon/Paris' portfolio (New York: Richard Avedon, 1978). Framed.

Image/sheet 44.8 x 35.3 cm (17 5/8 x 14 in.)

Frame 62.9 x 53.5 cm (24 3/4 x 21 in.)

Kicken, Berlin

Private Collection, Germany

Shanahan, ed., Richard Avedon: Evidence, 1944-1994, Random House/ Whitney Museum of American Art, 1994, pp. 50-51;
Squiers and Aletti, Richard Avedon: Fashion: 1944-2000, Harry N. Abrams, 2009, pp. 36-37;
Koda and Yohannan, The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2009 pp. 44-45.