Bidspirit auction | Richard Avedon: Dovima with Elephants

Richard Avedon: Dovima with Elephants - AVEDON, RICHARD 1923 New York - 2004 San Antonio, TX/USA Title: Dovima with Elephants. Subtitle: Evening dress by Dior. Cirque d'Hiver, Paris. Date: 1955. Technique: Later gelatin silver print on Agfa. Depiction Size: 25,5 x 20cm. Sheet Size: 35,6 x 27,2cm. Notation: Signed, numbered, inscribed, copyright stamp of the photographer as well as typographical details about the edition verso. Number: 42/100. Frame: Framed. Provenance: - Hamiltons Gallery, London - Sotheby's London, auction 12th November 2007, Lot 224 - The Anne Maria Jagdfeld Collection, Berlin - The work marks the high point of Avedon's career - Dovima combines theatricality and elegance, grace and instinct, making the photo an icon of photography - Featured on the poster for Avedon's monumental exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1978 - Voted one of the '100 Most Influential Images of All Time' by Time magazine in 2017 Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. Explanations to the Catalogue Richard Avedon USA Photographs Post-War Art 1950s Framed Animal Photography Gelatin silver print