RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)
RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)
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RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)

Lauren Hutton, Great Exuma, The Bahamas, October 1968

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RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)
Lauren Hutton, Great Exuma, The Bahamas, October 1968
tirage argentique, tiré en 1980, monté sur lin
signé et numéroté '30/50' à l'encre avec cachet de copyright du photographe portant le titre, la date et cachet de limitation d'édition (montage, verso)
image : 44.8 x 46 cm. (17 5/8 x 18 1/8 in.)
feuille/montage : 60.5 x 51 cm. (23 7/8 x 20 in.)
Ce tirage est le numéro trente d'une édition de cinquante exemplaires.
Provenance
Christie's, New York, Photographs From The Collection Of Gert Elfering, 10 avril 2008, Lot 3.
Literature
Vogue, New York, 1 janvier 1969.
Catalogue d’exposition, Shots of Style Great Fashion Photographs chosen by David Bailey, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1985, pl. 13.
Richard Avedon, Avedon Photographs 1947-1977, Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, New York, 1977, pl. 98.
Richard Avedon, Doon Arbus, The Sixties, Jonathan Cape, London, 1999, p. 157.
Carol Squiers, Vince Aletti, Philippe Garner, Avedon Fashion 1944-2000, Abrams, New York, 2009, p. 238-239.
Catalogue d’exposition, Icons of Style A Century of Fashion Photography, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2018, pl. 134.
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GELATIN SILVER PRINT, PRINTED 1980, FLUSH-MOUNTED ON LINEN; SIGNED AND NUMBERED '30/50' IN INK, STAMPED PHOTOGRAPHER'S COPYRIGHT CREDIT WITH TITLE, DATE AND EDITION INFORMATION (FLUSH MOUNT, VERSO)

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Lot Essay

'Avedon was used to being one step ahead, and he was clearly in his element in the sixties – invigorated and inspired. While other photographers were reporting the fashion, he was channeling and expressing the spirit of his time.' Vince Aletti

Cette image impactante rappelle très clairement les leçons que le jeune Avedon a apprises de son mentor Alexey Brodovitch, alors directeur artistique de Harper’s Bazaar. Brodovitch, sûrement plus que quiconque, a élevé les enjeux de la création des magazines de mode. Il a compris la nécessité de créer une fusion dynamique entre la typographie et l’image tout en ayant une attente très forte de la part de ses photographes. Avedon a assurément été son élève le plus brillant.

This striking image is a powerful reminder of the lessons the young Avedon learned from his mentor Alexey Brodovitch, the then Art Director of Harper’s Bazaar. Brodovitch, surely more than anyone, raised the stakes in the design of fashion magazines. He understood the need to create a dynamic integration of typography and image, and he established a very high expectation of his photographers, demanding images that combined graphic impact and staying power. Avedon was surely his most brilliant pupil.

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