Dec 5, 2024 11:00 EST

Fine Art & Photographs

 
  Lot 153
 

153

Richard Avedon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio

Estate / Collection: Estate of Martin Starger

RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)

Avedon/Paris. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978. The complete suite of eleven gelatin silver prints, each approximately 17 3/4 x 14 1/8 inches (448 x 362 mm) or the inverse, the versos individually signed and numbered 27 from the edition of 75 in pencil, with stamped title, date of image, edition, copyright credit and reproduction limitation. Lacking the portfolio box, sleeves, and accompanying matter. Framed. Fine.

The set of eleven gelatin silver prints was printed on the occasion of the major retrospective exhibition Avedon: Photographs 1947-1977 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 13 September–5 November 1978. The photographs range in date from 1947 to 1957; all were printed in 1978. The images comprise the following:

  1. Elise Daniels with Street Performers, Suit by Balenciaga, Les Marais, Paris, August 1948
  2. Renée, The New Look of Dior, Place de la Concorde, Paris, August 1949
  3. Dorian Leigh, Coat by Dior, Avenue Montaigne, Paris, August 1949
  4. Carmen (Homage to Munkacsi), Coat by Cardin, Place Françoise Premier, Paris, August 1957
  5. Dorian Leigh, Evening dress by Piguet, Helena Rubinstein apartment, Ile St.- Louis, Paris, August 1949
  6. Dorian Leigh, Schiaparelli rhinestones, Pré-Catelan, Paris, August 1949
  7. Sunny Harnett, Evening dress by Grès, Casino, Le Touquet, August 1954
  8. Suzy Parker, Evening dress by Lanvin-Castillo, Café des Beaux Arts, Paris, August 1956
  9. Elise Daniels, Turban by Paulette, Pré-Catelan, Paris, August, 1948
  10. Suzy Parker and Robin Tattersall, Evening dress by Griffe, Folies-Bergère, Paris, August 1957
  11. Marlene Dietrich, Turban by Dior, The Ritz, Paris, August 1955

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Estate / Collection: Estate of Martin Starger

RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)

Avedon/Paris. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978. The complete suite of eleven gelatin silver prints, each approximately 17 3/4 x 14 1/8 inches (448 x 362 mm) or the inverse, the versos individually signed and numbered 27 from the edition of 75 in pencil, with stamped title, date of image, edition, copyright credit and reproduction limitation. Lacking the portfolio box, sleeves, and accompanying matter. Framed. Fine.

The set of eleven gelatin silver prints was printed on the occasion of the major retrospective exhibition Avedon: Photographs 1947-1977 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 13 September–5 November 1978. The photographs range in date from 1947 to 1957; all were printed in 1978. The images comprise the following:

  1. Elise Daniels with Street Performers, Suit by Balenciaga, Les Marais, Paris, August 1948
  2. Renée, The New Look of Dior, Place de la Concorde, Paris, August 1949
  3. Dorian Leigh, Coat by Dior, Avenue Montaigne, Paris, August 1949
  4. Carmen (Homage to Munkacsi), Coat by Cardin, Place Françoise Premier, Paris, August 1957
  5. Dorian Leigh, Evening dress by Piguet, Helena Rubinstein apartment, Ile St.- Louis, Paris, August 1949
  6. Dorian Leigh, Schiaparelli rhinestones, Pré-Catelan, Paris, August 1949
  7. Sunny Harnett, Evening dress by Grès, Casino, Le Touquet, August 1954
  8. Suzy Parker, Evening dress by Lanvin-Castillo, Café des Beaux Arts, Paris, August 1956
  9. Elise Daniels, Turban by Paulette, Pré-Catelan, Paris, August, 1948
  10. Suzy Parker and Robin Tattersall, Evening dress by Griffe, Folies-Bergère, Paris, August 1957
  11. Marlene Dietrich, Turban by Dior, The Ritz, Paris, August 1955


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