Lot Essay
Dovima models an evening dress by Christian Dior.
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Dior's Sinuous Evening Line is marked high, like an Empire silhouette, then flows supplely against the figure, narrowing as it goes.
HARPER'S BAZAAR
RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)
Dovima with elephants, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August 1955
Details
RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)
Dovima with elephants, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August 1955
gelatin silver print, printed later
signed and numbered '16/100' in pencil, copyright credit, reproduction limitation, title, date and edition stamps (on the verso)
9 5/8 x 7 5/8in. (24.3 x 19.4cm.)
Dovima with elephants, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August 1955
gelatin silver print, printed later
signed and numbered '16/100' in pencil, copyright credit, reproduction limitation, title, date and edition stamps (on the verso)
9 5/8 x 7 5/8in. (24.3 x 19.4cm.)
Provenance
Staley Wise Gallery, New York
Literature
Harper's Bazaar, American Edition, September 1955, p.215;
Avedon and Brodkey, Avedon Photographs, 1947-1977, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1978, pl. 159 and back cover;
Hall-Duncan, The History of Fashion Photography, Alpine Book Co., 1979, p. 137;
Bailey and Harrison, Shots of Style: Great Fashion Photographs, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985, cat. no. 7;
Harrison, Appearances: Fashion Photography since 1945, Jonathan Cape, 1991, p. 73;
125 Great Moments of Harper's Bazaar, The Hearst Corporation, 1993, pl. 3;
Avedon, Evidence, 1944-1994, Random House, 1994, p. 53.
Avedon and Brodkey, Avedon Photographs, 1947-1977, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1978, pl. 159 and back cover;
Hall-Duncan, The History of Fashion Photography, Alpine Book Co., 1979, p. 137;
Bailey and Harrison, Shots of Style: Great Fashion Photographs, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985, cat. no. 7;
Harrison, Appearances: Fashion Photography since 1945, Jonathan Cape, 1991, p. 73;
125 Great Moments of Harper's Bazaar, The Hearst Corporation, 1993, pl. 3;
Avedon, Evidence, 1944-1994, Random House, 1994, p. 53.