RICHARD AVEDON | 'PENELOPE TREE, MASK BY UNGARO', PARIS STUDIO, 1968

RICHARD AVEDON
1923-2004
'PENELOPE TREE, MASK BY UNGARO', PARIS STUDIO, 1968

Silver print, printed 1981, flush-mounted on linen. Signed and numbered 39/50 in black felt tip pen and with the photographer's copyright and edition stamps on the verso. Matted and framed.
Image 52.1 x 49.3 cm (20½x 19⅜in.);
sheet 61 x 50.5 cm (24 x 19¾in.)

Condition Report:
This silver print is in excellent condition. Two small scratch lines near upper edges, only visible in raking light and close inspection.

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Provenance:
Private Collection, France

Christie's, Paris, Avedon: Photographs from the Richard Avedon Foundation, 20 November 2010, lot 47