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Avedon

Women

September 6–October 26, 2013
Davies Street, London

Installation view, photo by Mike Bruce

Installation view, photo by Mike Bruce

Installation view Photo by Mike Bruce

Installation view Photo by Mike Bruce

Installation view Photo by Mike Bruce

Installation view Photo by Mike Bruce

Installation view Photo by Mike Bruce

Installation view Photo by Mike Bruce

Works Exhibited

Richard Avedon, Malgosia Bela and Gisele Bundchen, dress by Dior Couture, New York City, March 2000, 2001 Gelatin silver print, 24 × 20 inches (61 × 50.8 cm), edition of 15© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Malgosia Bela and Gisele Bundchen, dress by Dior Couture, New York City, March 2000, 2001

Gelatin silver print, 24 × 20 inches (61 × 50.8 cm), edition of 15
© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Jean Shrimpton, evening dress by Cardin, Paris, January 1970, 1981 Gelatin silver print, 24 × 20 inches (61 × 50.8 cm), edition of 50© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Jean Shrimpton, evening dress by Cardin, Paris, January 1970, 1981

Gelatin silver print, 24 × 20 inches (61 × 50.8 cm), edition of 50
© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Veruschka, Dress by Bill Blass, New York, January 1967, 1981 Gelatin silver print, 24 × 20 inches (61 × 50.8 cm), edition of 50© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Veruschka, Dress by Bill Blass, New York, January 1967, 1981

Gelatin silver print, 24 × 20 inches (61 × 50.8 cm), edition of 50
© The Richard Avedon Foundation

About

Preview: Thursday, September 5th, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm

I've worked out of a series of nos. No to exquisite light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction of poses or narrative. And all these nos force me to the “yes.” I have a white background. I have the person I'm interested in, and the thing that happens between us.
—Richard Avedon

Gagosian London is pleased to announce “Avedon: Women,” a selection of photographs from The Richard Avedon Foundation. “Avedon: Women” will culminate in a second, career-spanning exhibition at Gagosian Beverly Hills in November 2013.

Avedon’s fashion images never conformed to the prevailing standard of models posed without emotion, aloof from the camera, and seemingly devoid of personality. Instead, he set models in action, provoking them to appear questioning, authoritative, unruly, vivacious, extroverted, and confidently alive. Keenly aware of the melancholy inherent in the fleeting nature of great beauty, his photographs crystallized transient moments of grace.

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