Gagosian Gallery was the representative of the Foundation, Richard Avedon
ARTinvestment.RU   25 апреля 2011

The next year will be arranged a large exhibition of works by photographer

As reported by The New York Times, Larry Gagosian Gallery (Larry Gagosian) will now be the sole representative of the fund of the famous photographer Richard Avedon (Richard Avedon, 1923-2004). She "won over" the legacy of the artist in a small gallery Fraenkel in San Francisco. Unlike last Gagosian is a real international art corporation: the dealer has exhibition spaces in New York, London, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Athens and Hong Kong.

At Gagosian choice fell and so that the gallery sells works by such artists as Robert Rauschenberg (Robert Rauschenberg), John Chamberlain (John Chamberlain) and Cy Twombly (Cy Twombly), allowing creativity Avedon will be placed in the context of art of his era.

The Foundation has a large collection of Avedon's work, which includes fashion photographs for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and other magazines. In addition, he owned the famous portraits of Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn Monroe), Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol), Francis Bacon (Francis Bacon), Alberto Giacometti (Alberto Giacometti) and other celebrities, as well as photographs from the series "American West", performed by Amon Carter Museum of the request (the city of Fort Worth, Texas). Representatives of the Gagosian Gallery said that next year will be a major exhibition of works by Avedon in New York.

most expensive work of the artist is « Dovima with elephants ", which was sold in November 2010 for 1.1 million dollars . The auction, which were exhibited exclusively the product of Avedon, was a resounding success: all the works found buyers, many exceeded the estimate.

material was prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

Sources : nytimes.com , artinvestment.ru



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