Audrey Hepburn for Life Magazine during filming of the 1954 Paramount production Sabrina, Los Angeles November 1953

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SABRINA, 1954
MARK SHAW (1922-1969)
Audrey Hepburn for Life Magazine during filming of the 1954 Paramount production Sabrina, Los Angeles November 1953
23 gelatin silver press prints
each with stamped photographer's and Life Magazine credit (verso)
largest sheet: 13 ½ x 10 ½ in. (34.3 x 26.7 cm.)
(23)

Literature

LIFE, 7 December, 1953
An Elegant Spirit, p.159

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Lot Essay

Taken for a photographic essay titled Audrey Hepburn, Many-sided Charmer, for the 7 December 1953 issue of LIFE Magazine, shots include; Audrey with Edith Head, being made up, grabbing breakfast, going over lines, recording La Vie en Rose and her nightly shampoo ritual. The magazine's accompanying captions explained that Shaw's pictures show... her working day, not because there is anything so remarkable about it but because whatever Audrey does, she looks pretty remarkable doing it

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