HIRO [YASUHIRO WAKABAYSHI] (1930-2021) Iris Bianchi in Yves Saint-Laurent Dress.

HIRO [YASUHIRO WAKABAYSHI] (1930-2021)
Iris Bianchi in Yves Saint-Laurent Dress. Silver print, the image measuring 17½ inches (44.4 cm.) square, the sheet 24x20 inches (61x50.8 cm.), flush mounted to linen or silk, with Hiro's signature and notation "for Iris" in pencil and his address stamp and copyright stamp with the dates in pencil, on mount verso. 1962; printed 1997

Provenance: Gift of the Photographer; to the fashion model Iris Bianchi, New York. Bianchi had an unusually long career, appearing frequently in magazines from the mid-1950s until the end of the 1960s. She began modeling around 1953, and appeared on the covers of many magazines, including Mademoiselle, McCall's, Charm, Seventeen, Vogue, and Harper's Bazaar. After her modeling career, Bianchi worked for many years as a stylist for advertising campaigns for companies such as Revlon, and L’Oréal; as a filmmaker; and later resumed her work as a figurative painter.

Exhibited: Staley-Wise Gallery, 1997, on the occasion of the Ford Model Agency's 50th Anniversary