This is the highly sought after issue of American Vogue containing the famous Irving Penn photographic essay:
'The QUEST FOR BEAUTY IN DAHOMEY'.
It's an iconic and influential shoot and was on display in New York & Paris as part of the recent Irving Penn retrospective exhibitions which was first shown at The Met in New York.
Contents -
The QUEST FOR BEAUTY IN DAHOMEY photographed in Africa by Irving Penn, 12 beautiful pages. Our photo from the Paris exhibition attached for ref. Written by Jacques Maquet.
Dustin Hoffman & Katherine Ross of the movie The Graduate portraits by Richard Avedon. 2 pages
Britt Ekland and Peter Sellers photographed together by Snowdon. Includes interview. 4 pages
Jean Shrimpton shoot wearing a Samuel Winston dress and Halston headdress, photographed by Irving Penn, this page is stamped by, we think, a library in Italy. 1 page
Fashion photography by -
Richard Avedon photographs Rudolph Nureyev as a Michelangelo painting 6 pages " A Study in Human Form".
Elliott Erwitt, Henry Clarke, Lord Snowdon, Irving Penn, Alexis Waldeck and Arnaud de Rosnay.
A Galaxy of Fashion photographed by Henry Clarke on the Italian island of Sicily. 20 pages (2 missing)
Fashion -
Countess Ferdinand von Bismarck.
Donna Allegra Caracciolo di Castagneto wearing Fouquet.
A Galaxy of Fashion photographed by Henry Clarke on the Italian island of Sicily.
People Are Talking About -
The White Chapel by Le Corbusier
The Holy White City of Suzdal
The White Churchs at Kideksha + near Bogolubovo + The White Church of Paraportiani
The Song of Songs by Marc Chagall
Stunning images of Arabian Horses, a New Surge In America photographed in Maryland by Snowdon .
Styron Unlocked by John Phillips
Vogue Fashions In Living -
Decorating Finds and Ideas
This is classic 1960's American Vogue edited by Diana Vreeland and designed by Alexander Liberman
Adverts of interest -
Salvador Dali for Lentheric! Full page advert with artwork created by Dali for exclusively for this product. A rarely seen Dali painting. This art ad seems to have only been published in this particular issue of Vogue!
Suzy Parker and Avedon for Quintessa Collection. Van Cleef & Arpels. Twiggy & Justin de Villeneuve x Klopman. Tiffany & Co. Samantha Jones x Revlon. Bergdorf’s. Harry Winston. Kenneth Jay Lane. David Webb.
278 pages.
Condition is excellent inside. The back cover has suffered damage in the past yet it has been repaired . The final three photographs show the damage. Also the front cover (unrelated) has a crease across the middle but is otherwise very good.
This is a chance to own one of the most iconic Penn shoots in a rare copy of this magazine. The photographs you see are from the actual copy you will receive. Priced according to condition.
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