RICHARD AVEDON (1923–2004) Dovima with Elephants, 1955

RICHARD AVEDON (1923–2004)
Dovima with Elephants, 1955
gelatin silver print, mounted on board
various annotations in red crayon and pencil (mount, recto); signed and dated in pencil, with various inscriptions in ink 'Richard Avedon made in France' stamps and typed Harper's Bazaar sheet (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Photographs from the Sir Elton John Collection label and High Museum of Art label (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ in. (19.7 x 24.8 cm.)
mount: 12 1⁄8 x 14 7⁄8 in. (30.7 x 37.7 cm.)

Provenance
Private Collection;
Sotheby's, New York, October 9, 1991, lot 407;
acquired from the above sale by a private collector;
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1994.