Richard Avedon - Photographs Evening & Day New York Wednesday, October 5, 2016 | Phillips

Photographs Evening & Day

New York 5 & 6 October 2016

  • Provenance

    Marlborough Gallery, New York

  • Literature

    Random House, Avedon: The Sixties, pp. 94-99
    Random House, Richard Avedon: Evidence 1944-1994, p. 154
    Gagosian, Avedon: Murals & Portraits, pp. 163-167

  • Artist Biography

    Richard Avedon

    American • 1923 - 2004

    From the inception of Richard Avedon's career, first at Harper's Bazaar and later at Vogue, Avedon challenged the norms for editorial photography. His fashion work gained recognition for its seemingly effortless and bursting energy, while his portraits were celebrated for their succinct eloquence. "I am always stimulated by people," Avedon has said, "almost never by ideas." 

    Indeed, as seen in his portraits — whether of famed movie stars or everyday people — the challenge for Avedon was conveying the essence of his subjects. His iconic images were usually taken on an 8 x 10 inch camera in his studio with a plain white background and strobe lighting, creating his signature minimalist style. Avedon viewed the making and production of photographs as a performance similar to literature and drama, creating portraits that are simultaneously intensely clear, yet deeply mysterious.

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1971
Five gelatin silver prints, hinged and flush-mounted as one panorama, printed 1975.
Each 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (24.8 x 19.7 cm)
Overall 9 7/8 x 39 1/2 in. (25.1 x 100.3 cm)
Signed, numbered 3/50, title, date, copyright credit and reproduction limitation stamps on the reverse of the flush-mount.

Estimate
$12,000 - 18,000 

Sold for $21,250

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Photographs Evening & Day

New York 5 & 6 October 2016