RICHARD AVEDON (born 1923)

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RICHARD AVEDON (born 1923)

Avedon, Portraits of Famous People (1952-64)

New York: Published privately in conjunction with the Minneapolis Institute of Arts retrospective exhibition, 1970. 11 gelatin silver prints. Each signed and numbered in pencil in the margin; each signed in ink, stamped title, date, copyright credit and reproduction limitation on the verso. Each approximately 22½ x 20in. and the reverse. Numbered 6 from an edition of 35. Lucite portfolio box.

Lot Essay

The portraits include: Charles Chaplin, 1952; Buster Keaton, 1952; Jimmy Durante, 1953; Humphrey Bogart, 1953; The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, 1957; Isak Dinesen, 1958; Marianne Moore, 1958; Ezra Pound, 1958; Rene Clair, 1958; Marilyn Monroe, 1962; and Dwight David Eisenhower, 1964.

Only 17 of the limited edition of 35 have ever been available.