Photograph
1968 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker |
Image of model Penelope Tree
Object details
| Object type | |
| 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 | ‘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
(07 03 2014) |
| Credit line | Gift of Mr David Bailey |
| Object history | Photographed for Vogue October 1st 1968. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Christoph Grunberg, ed. Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era London: Tate, 2005. 239 p. : ill. (some col.) ISBN: 1854375954. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | PH.199-1983 |
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| Record created | November 29, 2006 |
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