A star lot of the collection is Avedon’s Dovima with Elephants, 1955, a variant on what is perhaps his most celebrated photograph of all time. Both appeared in
Harper’s Bazaar together. In its original mounting, with red crayon annotations seen around the perimeter, this printer’s proof depicts the supermodel Dovima
playfully posing in a different Dior dress than the widely known version.

And while John frequently rotated the works hanging in his home, Harbin singles out two William Kleins nearly always on display: Hat + 5 Roses, + Barbara, Paris,
1956 and Smoke + Veil, Paris, 1958. ‘I can’t look at this pair without thinking of Park Place,’ says Harbin. The two portraits hung in John’s formal living room
across from his piano. Another fixture, which hung in his gallery, was Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Elizabeth I, 1999 and Richard I, 1999, part of the Japanese photographer’s
seminal portrait series of dramatically lit wax figures.