Lot #1109: RICHARD AVEDON - Louis Armstrong, Musician, Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, May 3, 1955 - Original vintage photogravure

 

Artist: Richard Avedon (American, 1923-2004).
Title: "Louis Armstrong, Musician, Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, May 3, 1955".
Medium: Original vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed 1955. Printed 1959.
Dimensions: Overall size: 14 3/16 x 10 7/16 in. (360 x 265 mm).
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition size unspecified, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): A rare print. “Gordon’s” locates only three sales of the silver print in the past 35+ years, the highest price at Christie's, New York, 9/29/2014, lot #140, realizing $62,500. Image copyright © The Richard Avedon Foundation. [29618-3-400]