Lot 28
Lot 28
RICHARD AVEDON (1923–2004)

Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, 1955

Price Realised USD 126,000
Estimate
USD 150,000 - USD 250,000
Closed: 5 Apr 2022
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RICHARD AVEDON (1923–2004)

Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, 1955

Price Realised USD 126,000
Closed: 5 Apr 2022
Price Realised USD 126,000
Closed: 5 Apr 2022
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RICHARD AVEDON (1923–2004)
Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, 1955
gelatin silver print, printed 1979
signed and numbered '5/50' in pencil with stamped photographer's credit, title, date and edition information (verso)
image: 22 ½ x 17 7/8 in. (55.8 x 45.4 cm.)
sheet: 22 5/8 x 18 in. (57.4 x 45.7 cm.)
This work is number five from an edition of fifty.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist, 1979.
Literature
Harper's Bazaar, September 1955.
Richard Avedon and Rosamond Bernier, Avedon Photographs, 1947-1977, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1978, pl. 159 and back cover.
Nancy Hall-Duncan, The History of Fashion Photography, Alpine Book Co., 1979, p. 137.
Marin Harrison and David Bailey, Shots of Style: Great Fashion Photographs, Faber & Faber, London, 1986, cat. no. 7.
Martin Harrison, Appearances: Fashion Photography since 1945, Jonathan Cape, London, 1991, p. 73.
Richard Avedon, Evidence 1944-1994, Random House, New York, 1994, p. 53.
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