Richard AvedonAmerican, 1923–2004Willem de Kooning
May one see it?
Not receiving at present
The Museum of Modern Art
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 2.2005
In the catalog
Sources
- The Museum of Modern Art
- Image: The Museum of Modern Art — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Richard Avedon
The whole life1970
First major retrospective in Minneapolis
Avedon’s first major retrospective is held at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
1970
Buys a former carriage house on the Upper East Side
Avedon buys a former carriage house on the Upper East Side of Manhattan that will serve as both his studio and his apartment.
1973
Photographs Electric Light Orchestra for “On the Third Day”
For the album On the Third Day Avedon shoots Electric Light Orchestra with all the members exposing their bellybuttons.
1973–1988
Shoots most of the Vogue covers
From 1973 Avedon is the lead photographer at Vogue and photographs most of the covers until Anna Wintour becomes editor in chief in late 1988.
