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Elise Daniels with Street performers, suit by Balenciaga, Le Marais, Paris, August 1948.

Photograph
August 1948 (photographed), 1981 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Avedon, Richard (photographer)
Place of origin
Paris (photographed)

Photograph

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Fashion
Object type
Photograph
TitleElise Daniels with Street performers, suit by Balenciaga, Le Marais, Paris, August 1948. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin-silver print
Photography
Brief description
Avedon, Richard. 'Elise Daniels with Street performers, suit by Balenciaga, Le Marais, Paris', August 1948. Published in American Harper's Bazaar, October 1948.
Physical description
Photograph
Dimensions
  • Height: 36cm
  • Width: 44.9cm
Credit line
Copyright Richard Avedon, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
Object history
Richard Avedon has transformed fashion photography and portraiture alike, creating an instantly identifiable aesthetic which has influenced countless others. His ‘signature’ large format studio portraits of politicians, writers and artists render the sitters "symbolic of themselves", as he put it. His use of stark white backgrounds and life-size printing places viewers in a new relationship to the photographic image - a physical and almost confrontational one. His ability to create visual tension and surprise through unexpected contrasts is unparalleled.
Bibliographic reference
Claire Wilcox, ed. The Golden Age of Couture. Paris and London 1947 - 1957 London:V&A Publications, 2007. 224p. ISBN: 9781851775200 (hbk); 9781851775217 (pbk).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.13A-1985

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Record createdJuly 28, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O82814/elise-daniels-with-street-performers-photograph-avedon-richard/
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