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Richard Avedon Furniture

American, 1923-2004

A while back, Richard Avedon had a confession to make. “I hate cameras,” said the man who revolutionized fashion and portrait photography. “If I could only work with my eyes alone!”

Yet Avedon’s photos seem to do just that — they remove the distance the camera lens creates to make you feel that you are right there beside his subjects.

Born in New York City in 1923, Avedon had a stern father, an artistic mother and a beautiful, but troubled, sister. At 18, he wanted to be a poet. And the slight, 5’7” dreamer didn’t lack confidence — or a sense of drama. “I know my drifting will not prove a loss / For mine is a rolling stone that has gathered moss,” he wrote in 1941.

A year later, Avedon joined the Merchant Marines, where he spent his World War II years shooting ID photos of new recruits. “I must have taken pictures of 100,000 faces before it occurred to me I was becoming a photographer,” he later recalled.

After demobilization in 1944, Avedon shot fashion pictures for the tony Manhattan department store Bonwit Teller and studied with Alexey Brodovitch, the legendary art director of Harper’s Bazaar. By 1945, his work was appearing in Junior Bazaar

“His first photographs for us were technically very bad,” Brodovitch later recalled. “But they were not snapshots. . . . Those first pictures of his had freshness and individuality, and they showed enthusiasm and a willingness to take chances.”

Who else was willing to take chances? Brodovitch and Carmel Snow, editor in chief of Harper’s Bazaar, who soon sent the young talent to fashion’s sacred capital, Paris.

The postwar years were hard in Paris. When Avedon first arrived there, in 1946, it was with an explicit directive from Snow. “Dick was tasked with this idea that he was there to rebuild Paris,” explains Martin. In restoring the energy and excitement around Paris, Avedon imbued it with some of his own.

Avedon’s models jumped, twirled, leapt over puddles and they smiled. Like Avedon himself, they rarely stood still. While he wasn’t the first to use action in fashion photography (in the 1930s, Martin Munkacsi and Toni Frissell began creating fashion images of women engaged in sporty scenarios), Avedon was the first to pair such vitality with women wearing couture.

Character and spirit became la mode. Dovima’s graceful silhouette juxtaposed against the wrinkled heft of two shackled elephants. Dorian Leigh laughing and embracing a bicycle racer. Suzy Parker roller skating across the Place de la Concorde. Sunny Harnett and her cool gaze just daring the roulette table — and every man in the room — not to do her bidding. There was always a narrative in an Avedon mise en scène — whether the background was elaborately staged or stark, the model’s job had forever changed from posing, to acting.

Of course, Avedon did not limit himself to fashion photography. The little boy who once collected autographs grew up to create the most iconic portraits of the 20th century, many of these were included in an exhibition at Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton, New York, in 2017.

A 1958 New Yorker profile noted that even though Avedon’s portraits immortalized cultural elites such as Truman Capote, Elsa Maxwell and Charles Laughton, the qualities that most interested the photographer were “advanced age, physical debility, ugliness, or the pathos underlying the surface insouciance.” Yet “none of Avedon’s subjects seem to resent this kind of treatment . . . being selected to sit for one of his Harper’s Bazaar portraits ranks as an accolade.”

Over the next 40-plus years of his career, his iconic portraiture never lost its force; although at times, his unvarnished truth felt cruel. 

But Avedon was a creator, not an observer, and he made no apologies for this. The sitter and the photographer “have separate ambitions for the image,” he wrote in 1985. “His need to plead his case probably goes as deep as my need to plead mine, but the control is with me.”

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The Beatles by Richard Avedon, Look Magazine, Offset Lithographs, Framed
The Beatles by Richard Avedon, Look Magazine, Offset Lithographs, Framed

The Beatles by Richard Avedon, Look Magazine, Offset Lithographs, Framed

By Richard Avedon

Located in New York, NY

The Beatles by Richard Avedon, offset lithographs, for Look Magazine, framed. Set of 4 Look Magazine Beatles posters with bright colors and minor toning and handling wear. The posters are in very good condition - having been stored in the original shipping tube (included in the listing). Each poster has been archivally floated on a white matte board, under UV plexiglass and framed in a 1.25 inch white lacquer wood cube molding. Shipping: The four framed works + original shipping tube will be professionally packed in a consolidated crate and shipped via UPS. Measurements: Sheet image sizes: 31 inches H; x 22.5 inches W; Framed size: 39 inches H x 30 inches W x 1.25 inches D. Printed in the lower left of each poster is the band member's name; E.g., JOHN LENNON photographed by Richard Avedon for Look Magazine. Original Look Magazine shipping tube is emblazoned with groovy psychedelic "Beatles", shows the recipient's address and the sender's return address: Beatles Posters Box 1 Look Building Des Moines, IA. 50304 Background of Avedon/Beatles Collaboration: The Beatles were photographed by Richard Avedon on August 11th, 1967. The shoot took place at a photography studio in a penthouse at Thompson House, 200 Gray's Inn Road, London, England. The American photographer took a number of shots of the group, four of which were later embellished with psychedelic effects. The posters were printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd of London/ The publisher's information appears in the lower right margin of each poster. One a side note, Avedon sold the copyrights of both the photos he took that day and his psychedelic embellishments, executed in post production, to NEMS Enterprises, Ltd. - a firm run by the Beatles music manager Brian Epstein. On Aug 27, 1967, sixteen days after Avedon’s Beatles photo session, Beatles manager Brian Epstein died from an overdose of Carbitol. The Beatles were shocked. By strange twist of fate, the Beatles were attending Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s meditation seminar at Bangor, North Wales. The guru they had just met in London became a substitute for their use of psychedelics and a cushion for their bereavement. Avedon, unknowingly to the Beatles, or even himself, had captured this true spiritual essence just weeks before. January 1968 was the initial concurrent publication of the Avedon photos...

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1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Richard Avedon Furniture

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The Beatles Portfolio - Offset and Lithograph by Richard Avedon - 1967
The Beatles Portfolio - Offset and Lithograph by Richard Avedon - 1967

The Beatles Portfolio - Offset and Lithograph by Richard Avedon - 1967

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Located in Roma, IT

A complete portfolio of four individual psychedelic portraits of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, accompanied by the composite poster uniting all four i...

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1960s Modern Richard Avedon Furniture

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Original Vintage Music Advertising Poster Beatles George Harrison Eye Avedon

Original Vintage Music Advertising Poster Beatles George Harrison Eye Avedon

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Located in London, GB

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Original Vintage Music Advertising Poster Beatles John Lennon Glasses Avedon

Original Vintage Music Advertising Poster Beatles John Lennon Glasses Avedon

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Located in London, GB

Original vintage music advertising poster featuring a colourful and psychedelic photo design using a new solarisation technique by the American photographer Richard Avedon (1923-2004...

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Original Vintage Music Advertising Poster Beatles Ringo Starr Peace Dove Avedon

Original Vintage Music Advertising Poster Beatles Ringo Starr Peace Dove Avedon

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Located in London, GB

Original vintage music advertising poster featuring a colourful and psychedelic photo design using a new solarisation technique by the American photographer Richard Avedon (1923-2004...

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Original Vintage Music Advertising Poster Beatles Paul McCartney Flower Avedon

Original Vintage Music Advertising Poster Beatles Paul McCartney Flower Avedon

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Located in London, GB

Original vintage music advertising poster featuring a colourful and psychedelic photo design using a new solarisation technique by the American photographer Richard Avedon (1923-2004...

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1960s British Vintage Richard Avedon Furniture

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1967 Beatles by Richard Avedon – Set of 4 Offset Lithograph Posters for Stern
1967 Beatles by Richard Avedon – Set of 4 Offset Lithograph Posters for Stern

1967 Beatles by Richard Avedon – Set of 4 Offset Lithograph Posters for Stern

By Richard Avedon

Located in New York, NY

The Beatles by Richard Avedon, offset lithographs for Stern magazine. A set of four offset lithographic posters in bright colors, from the original 1967 printing by Waterlow & So...

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Richard Avedon Original 1967 poster featuring Ringo Starr - The Beatles
Richard Avedon Original 1967 poster featuring Ringo Starr - The Beatles

Richard Avedon Original 1967 poster featuring Ringo Starr - The Beatles

By Richard Avedon

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The original 1967 poster featuring Ringo Starr, one of the legendary members of The Beatles, captured by the renowned photographer Richard Avedon, stands as an iconic piece of pop cu...

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John Lennon Original Vintage Poster by Richard Avedon for Look magazine, 1967
John Lennon Original Vintage Poster by Richard Avedon for Look magazine, 1967

John Lennon Original Vintage Poster by Richard Avedon for Look magazine, 1967

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Located in Devon, GB

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Richard Avedon furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of paper and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Richard Avedon furniture, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Richard Avedon were created in the modern style in united kingdom during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by David Hockney, Joe Tilson, and Christie's. Prices for Richard Avedon furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $495 and can go as high as $19,995, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,083.

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  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 19, 2025
    Opinions may vary on what is the most famous Richard Avedon photo. One contender is Ronald Fischer, Beekeeper, Davis, California from the photographer's In the American West series, and another is the 1959 portrait of Brigitte Bardot for Harper's Bazaar. Other famous photographs by Avedon include Dovima with the Elephants, The Family, his 1957 portrait of Marilyn Monroe and his 1967 photograph of The Beatles. On 1stDibs, explore an assortment of Richard Avedon photography.