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Lot 76
RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)
Duke and Duchess of Windsor, 1957
Closed17 May 2018
Price Realised
GBP 11,875
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RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)
Duke and Duchess of Windsor, 1957
gelatin silver print, printed 1970, flush-mounted on board
signed and numbered '4/35' in ink (margin); stamped photographer's copyright credit (flush mount, verso)
sheet/flush mount: 24 x 19 7/8 in. (61 x 50.5 cm.)
image: 24 x 20 in. (55.5 x 50.6 cm.)
Other prints of this image are in the collection of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Duke and Duchess of Windsor, 1957
gelatin silver print, printed 1970, flush-mounted on board
signed and numbered '4/35' in ink (margin); stamped photographer's copyright credit (flush mount, verso)
sheet/flush mount: 24 x 19 7/8 in. (61 x 50.5 cm.)
image: 24 x 20 in. (55.5 x 50.6 cm.)
Other prints of this image are in the collection of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)
Duke and Duchess of Windsor, 1957
gelatin silver print, printed 1970, flush-mounted on board
signed and numbered '4/35' in ink (margin); stamped photographer's copyright credit (flush mount, verso)
sheet/flush mount: 24 x 19 7/8 in. (61 x 50.5 cm.)
image: 24 x 20 in. (55.5 x 50.6 cm.)
Other prints of this image are in the collection of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Duke and Duchess of Windsor, 1957
gelatin silver print, printed 1970, flush-mounted on board
signed and numbered '4/35' in ink (margin); stamped photographer's copyright credit (flush mount, verso)
sheet/flush mount: 24 x 19 7/8 in. (61 x 50.5 cm.)
image: 24 x 20 in. (55.5 x 50.6 cm.)
Other prints of this image are in the collection of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Acquired directly from the artist by a private collector, 1972.
Donated to Burlington City Arts, Burlington, Vermont, 2013.
Donated to Burlington City Arts, Burlington, Vermont, 2013.
R. Avedon and T. Capote, Observations, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1959, p. 36.
J. Livingston and A. Gopnik, Evidence, 1944-1994, Richard Avedon, New York, Random House, New York, 1994, unpaged.
J. Livingston and A. Gopnik, Evidence, 1944-1994, Richard Avedon, New York, Random House, New York, 1994, unpaged.
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