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RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004) Avedon Paris New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978. Portfolio of eleven gelatin silver prints; each signed and numbered 'Richard Avedon 70/75' in pencil with stamped title, date of image, edition, copyright creditand reproduction limitation (verso); each image 17 ¾ x 14 1/8in. (45.1 x 36cm.) or inverse, each sheet 18 1/8 x 14 ¼in. (44.8 x 36.2cm.) or inverse; seven contained in paper wrapper signed consecutively in pencil; all prints in turn contained in a paper wrapper, signed and numbered 'Richard Avedon 70/75' in pencil; contained in portfolio case with linen covers and impressed facsimile signature. Photographed 1947 – 1957 and printed in 1978, this portfolio is number seventy from an edition of seventy-five, plus ten artist's proofs Other prints from this portfolio are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 1. Elise Daniels with Street Performers, Suit by Balenciaga, Les Marais, Paris, August 1948 2. Renée, The New Look of Dior, Place de la Concorde, Paris, August 1949 3. Dorian Leigh, Coat by Dior, Avenue Montaigne, Paris, August 1949 4. Carmen (Homage to Munkacsi), Coat by Cardin, Place Françoise Premier, Paris, August 1957 5. Dorian Leigh, Evening dress by Piguet, Helena Rubinstein apartment, Ile St.- Louis, Paris, August 1949 6. Dorian Leigh, Schiaparelli rhinestones, Pré-Catelan, Paris, August 1949 7. Sunny Harnett, Evening dress by Grès, Casino, Le Touquet, August 1954 8. Suzy Parker, Evening dress by Lanvin-Castillo, Café des Beaux Arts, Paris, August 1956 9. Elise Daniels, Turban by Paulette, Pré-Catelan, Paris, August, 1948 10. Suzy Parker and Robin Tattersall, Evening dress by Griffe, Folies-Bergère, Paris, August 1957 11. Marlene Dietrich, Turban by Dior, The Ritz, Paris, August 1955 Provenance Robert Mann Gallery, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.