RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)

Andy Warhol and members of the Factory, New York City, 10-30-59

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RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)
Andy Warhol and members of the Factory, New York City, 10-30-59
gelatin silver triptych, flush-mounted on linen, printed 1975
signed, numbered '9/50', negative annotations '48, 21, 68' in ink, copyright, credit, and reproduction limitation, title, date and edition stamps (flush mount, verso)
image: each 7½ x 9 5/8in. (19 x 24.4cm.)
overall 29¼ x 9 5/8in. (74.3 x 24.4cm.)
This print is number 9 from the edition of 50.

Provenance

Marlborough Gallery, New York;
Private collection, Holland.

Literature

R. Avedon and H. Rosenbert, Portraits, New York, 1976, unpaginated ;
R. Avedon, An Autobiography, New York, 1993, no. 131;
J. Livingston, Evidence: 1944-1994, New York, 1994, pp.74-75, 151 ;
Avedon: The Sixties, Jonathan Cape, London, 1999, pp.78-83.

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Lot Essay

(Left to right): Paul Morrissey, director; Joe Dallesandro, actor; Candy Darling, actor; Eric Emerson, actor; Jay Johnson, actor; Tom Hempertz, actor; Gerard Malanga, poet; Viva, actress; Paul Morrissey; Taylor Mead, actor; Brigid Polk, actress; Joe Dallesandro; Andy Warhol, artist.
In 1969, Richard Avedon began using an eight-by-ten inch view camera on a tripod in order to yield very fine images with detail. That same year he photographed Andy Warhol and members of the Factory. To convey the eccentric extravagance of Warhol's studio, Avedon adopted an innvative multi-panel technique that also suggests a reading of the group as a frieze of classical figures.

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