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Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August by Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon

Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August, 1955

Gelatin silver print
59.5 x 47.7 cm (23.43 x 18.78 in)
Photographs
Edition of 50
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$******
Momentum 12M
1.5%
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Last recorded sale at Phillips, London (19 May 2023)
$******

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ImageLast Sale DateTitleEdition No.Last SaleLast Sale Auction HouseLast Sale Location
May 19, 2023Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August18
PhillipsLondon
Sep 25, 2020Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
PhillipsLondon
Jul 10, 2020Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
Christie'sNew York
Jun 19, 2019Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August30
Christie'sParis
May 16, 2019Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
Sotheby'sLondon
Apr 5, 2019Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August11
Sotheby'sNew York
Apr 2, 2019Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August10
Christie'sNew York
Nov 9, 2018Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
Sotheby'sParis
Oct 4, 2018Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August36
PhillipsNew York
Apr 10, 2018Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August32
Sotheby'sNew York
Apr 7, 2018Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August14
Christie'sNew York
Oct 2, 2017Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August22
BonhamsNew York
May 17, 2017Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
PhillipsLondon
Apr 4, 2016Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August7
PhillipsNew York
Nov 12, 2015Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
Christie'sParis
Nov 12, 2015Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August28
Christie'sParis
Nov 6, 2015Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August77
PhillipsLondon
Mar 31, 2015Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August11
Christie'sNew York
Nov 18, 2014Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August16
PhillipsLondon
Oct 1, 2014Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August13
PhillipsNew York
Sep 29, 2014Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August62
Christie'sNew York
May 14, 2014Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August17
BukowskisStockholm
Apr 3, 2014Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August50
Christie'sNew York
Dec 12, 2013Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
Pierre Berge & AssociesParis
Nov 16, 2012Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August57
Sotheby'sParis
Oct 4, 2012Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
Christie'sNew York
Oct 2, 2012Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August48
PhillipsNew York
Oct 4, 2011Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August26
PhillipsNew York
Apr 8, 2011Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August4
Christie'sNew York
Nov 20, 2010Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
Christie'sParis
Apr 15, 2010Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August34
Christie'sNew York
Apr 1, 2009Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
PhillipsNew York
Mar 31, 2009Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
Christie'sNew York
Oct 14, 2008Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
Sotheby'sNew York
Nov 12, 2007Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August42
Sotheby'sLondon
Apr 25, 2007Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
PhillipsNew York
Feb 14, 2007Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
Christie'sNew York
Oct 17, 2006Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
Christie'sNew York
Apr 24, 2006Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
Christie'sNew York
May 18, 2005Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
Christie'sLondon
Oct 20, 2003Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
Christie'sNew York
Oct 17, 2003Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
Sotheby'sNew York
Apr 23, 2003Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August
Sotheby'sNew York
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Artwork Description
Category

photographs

Dimensions

59.5 x 47.7 cm (23.43 x 18.78 in)

Materials

Gelatin silver print

Signature

Signed and numbered 18/50 in ink on the verso; title, edition and copyright credit reproduction limitation stamps on the reverse of the linen flush-mount

Provenance

Phillips, New York, Important Photographs from the Collection of Dr. Anthony Terrana , 2 April 2013, lot 17

Literature

Harper's Bazaar , September 1955, p. 215

Famous Photographers Course Lesson 1-8 , Westport: Famous Photographers School, 1964, p. 10

Avedon: Photographs, 1947-1977 , New York: The Met, 1978, back cover & pl. 159

N. Hall-Duncan, The History of Fashion Photography , New York: Abrams, 1979, p. 137

D. Bailey & M. Harrison, Shots of Style: Great Fashion Photographs , London: V&A, 1985, cat. no. 7

Richard Avedon: Evidence, 1944-1994 , New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1994, p. 53

Richard Avedon: Made in France , San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, 2001, n.p.

Richard Avedon: Woman in the Mirror , New York: Abrams, 2005, p. 37

M. Juul Holm, Richard Avedon Photographs 1946-2004 , Humlebæk: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2007, n.p.

Avedon Fashion: 1944-2000 , New York: ICP, 2009, p. 137

Description

Gelatin silver print, printed later, mounted.

59.5 x 47.7 cm (23 3/8 x 18 3/4 in.)

Signed and numbered 18/50 in ink on the verso; title, edition and copyright credit reproduction limitation stamps on the reverse of the linen flush-mount.