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What becomes a legend most : a biography of Richard Avedon
- Title
- What becomes a legend most : a biography of Richard Avedon / Philip Gefter.
- Author
- Gefter, Philip
- Publication
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
- ©2020
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQE 21-221 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Details
- Description
- xv, 644 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- A portrait of the twentieth-century photographer examines how Avedon endured intense personal and professional discrimination to join an influential group of artists who transformed women's culture.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 619-622) and index.
- Contents
- Pictures at an exhibition (1975) -- Keeping up appearances (1923-1936) -- Premature sophisticates (1936-1942) -- The mentors and their prodigy (1942-1945) -- Eau de Paris (1946-1948) -- The proscenium stage (1948-1952) -- Le cirque d'Hiver (1953-1957) -- On borrowed wings (1957-1959) -- The new decade (1960-1962) -- Fire in the belly (1963-1965) -- Tuning in (1965-1967) -- A walk on the wild side (1968-1970) -- Close to home (1970-1971) -- Fathers and sons (1970-1974) -- The closet door (1974-1976) -- Museum piece (1977-1980) -- A balance of opposites (1981-1985) -- The years of his discontent (1986-1992) -- Renewal (1992-1996) -- The elegant denouement (1998-2004).
- Call Number
- JQE 21-221
- ISBN
- 9780062442710
- 0062442716
- OCLC
- 1198607217
- Author
- Gefter, Philip, author.
- Title
- What becomes a legend most : a biography of Richard Avedon / Philip Gefter.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 619-622) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JQE 21-221