Richard Avedon, Dovima with elephants, Evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August, 1955
Dovima with elephants, Evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August, 1955
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
23 1/8 x 18 3/4 in. (58.7 x 47.6 cm)
Signed, numbered 24/50 in pencil, title, date, edition and copyright credit reproduction limitation stamps on the reverse of the linen flush-mount.
Condition Report:
Harper’s Bazaar, September 1955, p. 215
Avedon & Brodkey, Avedon Photographs, 1947-1977, back cover and pl. 159
Avedon, Woman in the Mirror, p. 36
Fraenkel Gallery, Richard Avedon: Made in France, n.p.
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Avedon Fashion: 1944-2000, p. 137
Random House, Evidence, 1944-1994: Richard Avedon, p. 53
Bailey & Harrison, Shots of Style: Great Fashion Portraits, cat. no. 7
Davis, An American Century of Photography, From Dry-Plate to Digital: The Hallmark Photographic Collection, pl. 368
Gee, Photography of the Fifties: An American Perspective, p. 84
Hall-Duncan, The History of Fashion Photography, p. 137
Harrison, Appearances: Fashion Photography since 1945, p. 73
High Museum of Art, Chorus of Light: Photographs from the Sir Elton John Collection, p. 189
J. Paul Getty Museum, Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography, pl. 111
Mazzola, 125 Great Moments of Harper’s Bazaar, pl. 3
Taschen, 20th Century Photography: Museum Ludwig Cologne, p. 29
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion, p. 50
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Dovima with elephants, Evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August, 1955
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
23 1/8 x 18 3/4 in. (58.7 x 47.6 cm)
Signed, numbered 24/50 in pencil, title, date, edition and copyright credit reproduction limitation stamps on the reverse of the linen flush-mount.
Condition Report:
Harper’s Bazaar, September 1955, p. 215
Avedon & Brodkey, Avedon Photographs, 1947-1977, back cover and pl. 159
Avedon, Woman in the Mirror, p. 36
Fraenkel Gallery, Richard Avedon: Made in France, n.p.
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Avedon Fashion: 1944-2000, p. 137
Random House, Evidence, 1944-1994: Richard Avedon, p. 53
Bailey & Harrison, Shots of Style: Great Fashion Portraits, cat. no. 7
Davis, An American Century of Photography, From Dry-Plate to Digital: The Hallmark Photographic Collection, pl. 368
Gee, Photography of the Fifties: An American Perspective, p. 84
Hall-Duncan, The History of Fashion Photography, p. 137
Harrison, Appearances: Fashion Photography since 1945, p. 73
High Museum of Art, Chorus of Light: Photographs from the Sir Elton John Collection, p. 189
J. Paul Getty Museum, Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography, pl. 111
Mazzola, 125 Great Moments of Harper’s Bazaar, pl. 3
Taschen, 20th Century Photography: Museum Ludwig Cologne, p. 29
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion, p. 50