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Suzy Parker, Dress by Nina Ricci, Champs-Elysees, Paris, 29 July 1962

Photograph
1962 (made)
Artist/Maker
Richard Avedon (maker)

Suzy Parker', dress by Nina Ricci, Champs-Elysee, Paris, 29 July 1962


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Fashion
Object type
Photograph
TitleSuzy Parker, Dress by Nina Ricci, Champs-Elysees, Paris, 29 July 1962
Materials and techniques
Gelatin Silver Print
Brief description
Suzy Parker', dress by Nina Ricci, Champs-Elysee, Paris, 29 July 1962
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 40.3cm
  • Sheet width: 50.7cm
  • Image height: 35.3cm
  • Image width: 49.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
('Suzy Parker, Dress by Nina Ricci, Champs-Elysees, Paris, August 1962'. Stamp: This Photograph my not be reproduced without written permission of Richard Avedon. Copyright 1962, Richard Avedon, All Rights Reserved. Signature of Richard Avedon. Stamp: 'This print was exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, APPEARANCES: FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY SINCE 1945, February 13- April 28, 1991. Martin Harrison, Visiting Curator, with signature.)
Gallery label
  • Making It Up: Photographic Fictions (2018) Marta Weiss In these staged scenes, Avedon mocks the very industry in which he played such a major role – fashion. In one picture, buyers, writers and photographers clamour around two statuesque figures. In the other, a model is caught inside a car by a frenzied crowd of paparazzi.
  • Richard Avedon (1923–2004) Maxime McKendry and China Machado with Members of the French Press. Dresses by Lanvin-Castillo and Heim, Paris Studio, 1961 Suzy Parker, Dress by Nina Ricci, Champs- Elysees, Paris, 1962 In these staged scenes, Avedon mocks the very industry in which he played such a major role – fashion. In one picture, buyers, writers and photographers clamour around two statuesque figures. In the other, a model is caught inside a car by a frenzied crowd of paparazzi. Gelatin silver prints Museum nos. E.1256-1993, 1255-1993(23/7/2016-5/3/2017)
  • ‘Selling Dreams: One Hundred Years of Fashion Photography’, 2014. Label text: Richard Avedon (1923–2004) Suzy Parker wears dress by Nina Ricci Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris Harper’s Bazaar, 1962 Parker embodied the independent, successful, post-war American woman and was a muse to both Avedon and the designer Coco Chanel. Avedon said of her: ‘There were great models before and after Suzy, but she was something else – a red-headed force of nature, a wolf in chic clothing, the one flesh-and-blood woman in a world of exquisite creatures.’ Gelatin silver print Museum no. E.1255-1993 (07 03 2014)
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1255-1993

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Record createdMarch 20, 2009
Record URL
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