Photography/Faces and Places Auction | December 3, 2024
Tue, Dec 3, 2024 10:00AM EST
Lot 12
Richard Avedon
Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000
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(American, 1923-2004)
Elise Daniels with Street Performers, 1948, from the Paris portfolio of eleven original prints printed in 1978, signed and editioned 30/75 pencil verso, also stamped verso (see note below), gelatin silver print, image/ sheet 14-1/4 x 18 in.; unframed
Provenance: G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles, California , purchased July 15th, 1980 (facsimile of original receipt accompanies the lot); Private Collection, Wisconsin
Note (stamped verso):
"Avedon / Paris / A portfolio of eleven original prints in an edition of seventy five. Printed on the occasion of Richard Avedon's retrospective exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York September 13 - November 5, 1978./ No further prints will be made from these negatives, with the exception of a limited number made solely in connection with museum exhibitions./ This original photograph may not be reproduced by this or any subsequent purchaser without written permission of the photographer. / Copyright (c) 1978 by Richard Avedon/ All Rights Reserved./ Elise Daniels with street performers, Suit by Balenciaga, Le Marais, Paris August 1948"
Literature: Harry N. Abrams, Avedon Fashion, 1944-2000, p. 48
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Avedon: Photographs, 1947-1977, pl. 10
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004, p. 31
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G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles, California , purchased July 15th, 1980 (facsimile of original receipt accompanies the lot); Private Collection, Wisconsin
print in very good condition no visible anomalies of any kind
