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Lot 65 PROVENANT DE LA COLLECTION SUSANNE VON MEISS
RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)
Sunny Harnett, Evening Dress by Dior, Rue Jean Goujon, Paris, August 1954
Closed24 May 2022
Estimate
EUR 30,000–50,000
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La silhouette blonde de Sunny Harnett, les traits fins et l’attitude avenante, sort d'une limousine dans un étalage de glamour et d’élégance. Elle incarne l'idéal imaginé par Avedon, qui associe la fabuleuse haute couture parisienne à une représentation cinématographique avec pour toile de fond les rues et les lieux emblématiques de la ville. Publiées dans Harper's Bazaar, ses photographies ont largement contribué à promouvoir le charme et le mythe de Paris auprès du public américain.
Sunny Harnett, the cool, sharp-featured blonde steps forward from a limousine in a stylised display of high glamour. She epitomises the ideal envisioned by Avedon that situated fabulous Paris haute couture clothes within cinematic narratives set against the backdrop of the streets and archetypal locations of the city. His images, published in Harper’s Bazaar, did a great deal to promote the myth and allure of Paris to an American audience.
Philippe Garner
Sunny Harnett, the cool, sharp-featured blonde steps forward from a limousine in a stylised display of high glamour. She epitomises the ideal envisioned by Avedon that situated fabulous Paris haute couture clothes within cinematic narratives set against the backdrop of the streets and archetypal locations of the city. His images, published in Harper’s Bazaar, did a great deal to promote the myth and allure of Paris to an American audience.
Philippe Garner