Image Lot Price Description








1192
$17,775.00
Revised: 2/3/2015 

Please note additional reference material: Richard Avedon – http://www.capitalnewyork.com/tags/richard-avedon.

RICHARD AVEDON (American, 1923-2004) GROUP OF FOUR COLOR GELATIN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE BEATLES.

Group of four color gelatin photographs of 1960’s Beatles musical band members George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) and John Lennon, in psychedelic genre. Photographed at Thompson House, 200 Gray’s Inn Road, London on August 11, 1967. Commissioned by Beatles management company NEMS Enterprises, Ltd. Each with artist’s ink studio stamp on verso with Avedon’s grease pencil date “75” hand annotation (1975). The later 1990 produced color Beatles set that Avedon issued are not actual photographs, but are color dye-transfer process prints. The catalog (taken off-line in 2004) for the 435 plus image collection that Avedon gifted in 1990’s to the Univ. of Tucson stated Beatles color set “not yet received,” which to date, 10 yrs. later, appears to not have been delivered. Unframed, in stiff protective sleeves. SIZE: Image: Each 8-1/4″ x 10-3/8″. CONDITION: Generally very good. 9-96311 (2,500-4,000) – Lot 1192


Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - February 2015
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