Rudolf Nureyev, Paris, France, July 25, 1961

Details

RICHARD AVEDON (1923–2004)
Rudolf Nureyev, Paris, France, July 25, 1961
gelatin silver print, printed 1999
signed, dated and numbered '16/30' in pencil, titled and dated in photographer's copyright credit stamp (verso)
image: 13 ¾ x 13 ¾ in. (34.9 x 34.9 cm.)
sheet: 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (50.4 x 40.3 cm.)
This work is number sixteen from an edition of thirty.

Provenance

Private Collection, San Francisco.

Literature

Richard Avedon and Doon Arbus, The Sixties, Random House, New York, 1999, p. 169.

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I’ve worked out of a series of no’s. No to exquisite light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction of poses or narrative. And all these no’s force me to the “yes.” I have a white background. I have the person I’m interested in and the thing that happens between us. – Richard Avedon

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