Signed Richard Avedon "Dovima With Elephants 1955" Berkeley Exhibition Poster 1980

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Poster for University Art Museum Berkeley retrospective exhibition "Avedon 1946-1980" March 5 - May 4, 1980 depicting "Dovima with Elephants" … more Poster for University Art Museum Berkeley retrospective exhibition "Avedon 1946-1980" March 5 - May 4, 1980 depicting "Dovima with Elephants" 1955. Signed by Avedon at the opening reception.

From the Art Institute of Chicago website: "Richard Avedon characterized his improvised approach to fashion photography as “a vacation from life.” Dovima with Elephants originally appeared in a 14-page story on Paris fashions published in the September 1955 issue of Harper’s Bazaar (where Avedon was staff photographer from 1946 to 1965). Avedon photographed the model known as Dovima (born Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba) in a studio and various Paris locations, including the Cirque d’Hiver, where this image was shot. He later recounted, “I saw the elephants under an enormous skylight… . I then had to find the right dress and I knew there was a potential here for a kind of dream image.” The dress chosen was in fact the first design for Dior by 19-year-old Yves Saint Laurent. In the photograph Dovima appears poised and fearless, her sinuous contours echoing those of the massive pachyderms she seems to command."

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