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Photograph

1968 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Bailey, David (photographer)

Image of model Penelope Tree

Object details

Object type
Photograph
Materials and techniques
Gelatin silver print
Brief description
Photograph of Penelope Tree by David Bailey for Vogue shoot, 1968.
Physical description
Image of model Penelope Tree
Gallery label
(07 03 2014)
‘Selling Dreams: One Hundred Years of Fashion Photography’, 2014. Label text:

David Bailey (b.1938)
Penelope Tree wears Yugoslavian embroidered dress and velvet belt
British Vogue, 1968

Tree’s long legs and elfin features appealed to contemporary designers and fashion photographers. Along with Jean Shrimpton, she was one of the few models to develop a long working relationship with Bailey.

Gelatin silver print
Given by David Bailey
Museum no. PH.199-1983
Credit line
Gift of Mr David Bailey
Object history
Photographed for Vogue October 1st 1968.
Subject depicted
Tree, Penelope
Bibliographic reference
Christoph Grunberg, ed. Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era London: Tate, 2005. 239 p. : ill. (some col.) ISBN: 1854375954.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.199-1983

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Record createdNovember 29, 2006
Record URL
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