Lot 47
Lot 47
"We would like you to do Arab Horses..." Diana Vreeland,1966: LORD SNOWDON (1930-2017)

Arab Stallion, 1967

    Price Realised GBP 750
    Estimate
    GBP 600 - GBP 800
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    "We would like you to do Arab Horses..." Diana Vreeland,1966: LORD SNOWDON (1930-2017)

    Arab Stallion, 1967

    Price Realised GBP 750
    Price Realised GBP 750
    Details
    "We would like you to do Arab Horses..." Diana Vreeland,1966:
    LORD SNOWDON (1930-2017)
    Arab Stallion, 1967
    chromogenic print
    signed in ink (margin)
    image: 57⁄8 x 85⁄8 in. (14.1 x 22 cm.)
    sheet: 161⁄2 x 113⁄4 in. (42 x 29.8 cm.)
    Provenance
    Commissioned by Diana Vreeland for Vogue, December 1966.
    Literature
    Snowdon and F. von Hofmannstahl (ed.), Snowdon – A Life in View, New York 2014 (illustrated in reverse, p. 315).
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    Lot Essay

    "We would like you to do Arab Horses.." is how Diana Vreeland started her letter to Lord Snowdon on 24 February 1966, asking him to photograph Arab horses for the 1966 December issue of Vogue, and went on to say "I am sure you know a great deal more about all this than I do, and that it will all be very simple for you -- and we know that your pictures will be glorious".
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