Richard Avedon - Photographs London Thursday, November 21, 2024 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Directly from the artist, 1983

  • Literature

    Random, Avedon: The Sixties, pp. 130-132
    Random, Richard Avedon: Evidence 1944-1994, p. 151
    Gagosian, Avedon: Murals & Portraits, pp. 49-52

  • 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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The Chicago Seven

1969
Gelatin silver print triptych, hinged and mounted as one panorama, printed 1975.
Each: 25 x 20 cm (9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Overall: 25 x 60 cm (9 7/8 x 23 5/8 in.)

Signed, numbered 13/50 in ink, title, date, copyright credit and reproduction limitation stamps on the reverse of the mount.

Estimate
£8,000 - 12,000 

Sold for £10,160

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London Auction 21 November 2024