Versace, Veiled Dress, El Mirage, 1990

Details

HERB RITTS (1952–2002)
Versace, Veiled Dress, El Mirage, 1990
gelatin silver print, mounted on board
signed, titled, dated and numbered 'AP1' in pencil (mount, verso); credited, titled, dated on affixed Sir Elton John Photography collection label (frame backing board)
image: 21 7⁄8 x 17 3⁄8 in. (55.5 x 41.1 cm.)
sheet: 24 x 19 7⁄8 in. ( 60.9 x 20 cm.)
mount: 25 ½ x 21 ¼ in. (64.7 x 54.1 cm.)
This work is artist's proof number one, aside from an edition of twenty-five.

Provenance

Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles;
acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Herb Ritts: Work, Little, Brown and Co.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1996, n.p.
Exhibition catalogue, Herb Ritts, Foundation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, 1999, n.p.
Paul Martineau, Herb Ritts: L.A. Style, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, c. 2012, pl. 21, p. 51.

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Lot Essay

Photographed at the El Mirage dry lakebed in California, Versace, Veiled Dress by Herb Ritts embodies the radiant, West Coast lifestyle and glamour that are emblematic of the artist’s signature style. With the model (Naomi Campbell) enveloped in a sheer veil, the contours of her body and subtle tones of the folding, flowing garment become graphic elements in this theatrical and elegant image.

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