Dovima and Betsy Pickering, dresses by Lanvin-Castillo, Paris studio, August 1958

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RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)
Dovima and Betsy Pickering, dresses by Lanvin-Castillo, Paris studio, August 1958
tirage argentique, monté sur lin, tiré vers 1978
signé à l'encre, cachets de copyright du photographe, 'Tous droits réservés', titre, date et édition (au dos du montage)
46.4 x 35cm. (18¼ x 13¾in.)

Literature

Avedon: Photographs, 1947-1977, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1978, pl. 130

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Lot Essay

Ce tirage est l'un des deux fait en préparation de la rétrospective des photographies de mode par Richard Avedon au Metropolitan Museum of Art en 1978.

The present lot is one of two prints made in preparation for Avedon's 1978 Metropolitan Museum of Art fashion retrospective.

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