Richard Avedon, Francis Bacon, artist, Paris, April 11

1979
Gelatin silver print, flush-mounted to linen.
Image: 100 x 78.3 cm (39 3/8 x 30 7/8 in.)
Frame: 111.5 x 90 cm (43 7/8 x 35 3/8 in.)
Signed, numbered 9/10 in pencil, copyright credit reproduction limitation, title, date and edition stamps on the reverse of the flush-mount.

Provenance:
Gagosian, New York
Christie's, Paris, 8 November 2018, lot 61

Literature:
Richard Avedon - Photographs 1946-2004, Humlebæk: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2008, n.p. (variant)
R. Avedon, An Autobiography, London: Jonathan Cape, 1993, pl. 214 (variant)
Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power, Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2008, p. 233 (variant)

Property from a Distinguished Private Collection