Norman Parkinson
British, 1913-1990
Norman Parkinson (1913-1990) was the Twentieth Century’s most celebrated fashion photographer. He pioneered epic storytelling in his images, taking portrait and fashion photography beyond the stiff formality of his predecessors and injecting an easy and casual elegance into the art. His photographs created the age of the supermodel and made him the photographer of choice for celebrities, artists, Presidents and Prime Ministers.
Parkinson worked for a wide range of publications, notably Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Town & Country and other international magazines, which brought him worldwide recognition. He reinvented himself and fashion photography throughout his career, from his ground-breaking, spontaneous images of the 1930s, through the war years and the Swinging Sixties to the exotic locations of the 1970s and 1980s. By the end of his life he had become a household name, the recipient of a CBE, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, and the subject of a large scale retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Norman Parkinson died whist on location in Singapore shooting for Town & Country in 1990.| Average Sold Price |
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Norman Parkinson 'Ballerina Mary Drage in taffeta evening dress by Rappi"
By Norman Parkinson
Located in New York, NY
Ballerina Mary Drage in taffeta evening dress by Rappi, the MET gallery, 1950
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
with certificate of authenticity
Norman Park...
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1960s Modern Norman Parkinson
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C Print
Cardin Hat Over Paris 1960 (printed later) Limited Estate Print
By Norman Parkinson
Located in London, GB
Cardin Hat over Paris, 1960
Silver Print
20 × 24 inches paper size
17.5 x 9' inches image size
Edition of 21 only
Printed 2023
certificate of authenticity by Norman Parkinson Archi...
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1960s Modern Norman Parkinson
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall
By Norman Parkinson
Located in Austin, TX
American model Jerry Hall with singer Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, photographed for Norman Parkinson’s exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, July 1981.
NORMAN P...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Norman Parkinson
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C Print
Young Velvets, Young Prices
By Norman Parkinson
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson's iconic image of models wear a variety of hats on the roof of the Condé Nast building on Lexington Avenue, New York City. Published in American Vogue on 15th Octobe...
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1940s Modern Norman Parkinson
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C Print
In the Blazing Sun at George Airfield
By Norman Parkinson
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
In the Blazing Sun at George Airfield, 1951
C print
20 x 16 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
British fashion model Wenda Parkinson wearing...
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1950s Modern Norman Parkinson
Materials
C Print
Norman Parkinson 'Jane Birkin'
By Norman Parkinson
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Jane Birkin
1969 (printed later)
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21
English-French actress, singer, songwriter, and model Jane Birkin photographed wearing a ...
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1960s Modern Norman Parkinson
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Young Velvets, Young Prices - Vogue - Oversize Limited Edition Estate Print
By Norman Parkinson
Located in London, GB
From the roof of the Condé Nast building on Lexington Avenue. With a view of the Chrysler and Empire State buildings, New York, American Vogue, 15 October 1949.
Limited to 21 only
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1940s Modern Norman Parkinson
Materials
C Print, Color
The Beatles 1963
By Norman Parkinson
Located in Austin, TX
The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr at the President Hotel, Russell Square, London, 12 September 1963 by Norman Pa...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Norman Parkinson
Materials
C Print
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