David Bailey's box of pin-ups
Photograph
1965 (published)
1965 (published)
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David Bailey rose to fame as a fashion photographer in the early 1960s, his photographs. He published 'David Bailey's box of pin-ups' in 1965 as a loose portfolio of 36 portraits of the mainly-male fashionable elite that, as the cover description states, 'belong to Bailey's own world of fashion, pop music and the Ad Lib [nightclub]'. Each portrait is accompanied by notes by Francis Wyndham. Together, they constitute a celebration of the growing celebrity culture of the Sixties, and many of them have become the definitive images of key figures of cultural life in London during the Swinging Sixties.
Surprisingly, only four of the pin-ups are women, all of whom are models; as the notes explain, 'in the age of Mick Jagger, it is the boys who are the pin-ups'. Here the photographer Cecil Beaton poses with Rudolf Nureyev, the famous dissident Russian ballet dancer.
Surprisingly, only four of the pin-ups are women, all of whom are models; as the notes explain, 'in the age of Mick Jagger, it is the boys who are the pin-ups'. Here the photographer Cecil Beaton poses with Rudolf Nureyev, the famous dissident Russian ballet dancer.
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| Materials and techniques | Half-tone print |
| Brief description | Cecil Beaton and Rudolf Nureyev, half-tone print from 'David Bailey's box of pin-ups', by David Bailey, published 1965 |
| Physical description | Black and white portrait of Cecil Beaton and Rudolf Nureyev. Beaton stands behind with his hands on Nureyev's shoulders, peering over his right shoulder. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Cecil Beaton and Rudolf Nureyev (Printed; Reverse, top left) |
| Credit line | Given by Mark Haworth-Booth |
| Object history | David Bailey rose to fame as a fashion photographer in the early 1960s, his photographs. He published 'David Bailey's box of pin-ups' in 1965 as a loose portfolio of 36 portraits of the mainly-male fashionable elite that, as the cover description states, 'belong to Bailey's own world of fashion, pop music and the Ad Lib [nightclub]'. Each portrait is accompanied by notes by Francis Wyndham. Together, they constitute a celebration of the growing celebrity culture of the Sixties, and many of them have become the definitive images of key figures of cultural life in London during the Swinging Sixties. |
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| Summary | David Bailey rose to fame as a fashion photographer in the early 1960s, his photographs. He published 'David Bailey's box of pin-ups' in 1965 as a loose portfolio of 36 portraits of the mainly-male fashionable elite that, as the cover description states, 'belong to Bailey's own world of fashion, pop music and the Ad Lib [nightclub]'. Each portrait is accompanied by notes by Francis Wyndham. Together, they constitute a celebration of the growing celebrity culture of the Sixties, and many of them have become the definitive images of key figures of cultural life in London during the Swinging Sixties. Surprisingly, only four of the pin-ups are women, all of whom are models; as the notes explain, 'in the age of Mick Jagger, it is the boys who are the pin-ups'. Here the photographer Cecil Beaton poses with Rudolf Nureyev, the famous dissident Russian ballet dancer. |
| Bibliographic reference | David Bailey's box of pin-ups, published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1965 |
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| Accession number | E.2047:12-2004 |
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| Record created | February 10, 2004 |
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