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Avedon 100

May 4–July 7, 2023
West 21st Street, New York

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Installation view Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

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Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

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Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view

Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view

Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view

Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view

Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view

Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view

Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view

Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view

Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view

Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view

Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view

Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view

Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Installation view

Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Works Exhibited

Richard Avedon, Marilyn Monroe, actress, New York, May 6, 1957, 1957 © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Marilyn Monroe, actress, New York, May 6, 1957, 1957

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Truman Capote, Theatre Arts, January 21, 1949, 1949 © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Truman Capote, Theatre Arts, January 21, 1949, 1949

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Dovima with elephants, evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August 1955, 1955 © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Dovima with elephants, evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August 1955, 1955

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Marian Anderson, singer, in the role of Ulrica in “An Ballo in Maxhera,” New York, June 30, 1955, 1955 © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Marian Anderson, singer, in the role of Ulrica in “An Ballo in Maxhera,” New York, June 30, 1955, 1955

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, China Machado, suit by Ben Zuckerman, hair by Kenneth, New York, November 6, 1958, 1958 © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, China Machado, suit by Ben Zuckerman, hair by Kenneth, New York, November 6, 1958, 1958

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Audrey Hepburn, dress by Yves St. Laurent, earrings by Harry Winston, hair by Alexandre, Paris, July 1962, 1962 © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Audrey Hepburn, dress by Yves St. Laurent, earrings by Harry Winston, hair by Alexandre, Paris, July 1962, 1962

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, headed by Julian Bond, Atlanta, Georgia, March 23, 1963, 1963 © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, headed by Julian Bond, Atlanta, Georgia, March 23, 1963, 1963

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Santa Monica Beach #4, September 30, 1963, 1963 © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Santa Monica Beach #4, September 30, 1963, 1963

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Lew Alcindor, 61st Street and Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, May 2, 1963, 1963 © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Lew Alcindor, 61st Street and Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, May 2, 1963, 1963

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Elizabeth Taylor, cock feathers by Anello of Emme, New York, July 1, 1964, 1964 © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Elizabeth Taylor, cock feathers by Anello of Emme, New York, July 1, 1964, 1964

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Bob Dylan, singer, New York, February 10, 1965, 1965 © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Bob Dylan, singer, New York, February 10, 1965, 1965

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Donyale Luna, dress and sandals by Paco Rabanne, New York, December 6, 1966, 1966 © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Donyale Luna, dress and sandals by Paco Rabanne, New York, December 6, 1966, 1966

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Twiggy, dress by Roberto Rojas, New York, April 1967, 1967 © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Twiggy, dress by Roberto Rojas, New York, April 1967, 1967

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Tina Turner, performer, dress by Azzaro, New York, June 13, 1971, 1971 © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Tina Turner, performer, dress by Azzaro, New York, June 13, 1971, 1971

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Benson James, drifter, Route 66, Gallup, New Mexico, June 30, 1979, 1979 © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Benson James, drifter, Route 66, Gallup, New Mexico, June 30, 1979, 1979

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Sandra Bennett, twelve year old, Rocky Ford, Colorado, August 23, 1980, 1980 © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Sandra Bennett, twelve year old, Rocky Ford, Colorado, August 23, 1980, 1980

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Red Owens, oil field worker, Velma, Oklahoma, June 12, 1980, 1980 © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Red Owens, oil field worker, Velma, Oklahoma, June 12, 1980, 1980

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Ronald Fischer, beekeeper, Davis, California, May 9, 1981, 1981 © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Ronald Fischer, beekeeper, Davis, California, May 9, 1981, 1981

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

About

Gagosian is pleased to present Avedon 100, a landmark exhibition in celebration of the centenary of Richard Avedon’s birth. Opening on May 4, 2023, in New York, the collection of Avedon photographs was selected by more than 150 people—including prominent artists, designers, musicians, writers, curators, and fashion world representatives—who elaborate on the impact of the photographer’s work today.

Avedon 100 documents Avedon’s enduring influence on photography and profound global impression on visual culture. In an installation designed by Stefan Beckman, the exhibition represents six decades of his oeuvre, including the In the American West series and images of the social justice movement, as well as classic portraiture, advertising, and fashion work. It features both iconic and rare photographs, among them several of Avedon’s larger-than-life-size mural prints, as well as exhibition prints created for his 1978 retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The photographs are displayed in loosely chronological sequence, with special attention paid to visual cadence, together showing how the artist dissolved the lines between photographic genres and cemented the medium’s status as a contemporary art form. In an increasingly digital world, his work is also testament to the artistry of film photography.

Among the many remarkable images on view are Avedon’s rarely exhibited mural featuring multiple images of a dancing Marilyn Monroe, created from a sitting in 1957 that also produced his iconic “sad” Marilyn. His dynamic 1971 portrait of Tina Turner is printed at a monumental scale and was selected for the exhibition by Tonne Goodman. In many cases the link between a photograph and its selector enhances the work’s already powerful impact. Hillary Clinton, for example, has chosen Avedon’s 2003 portrait of her for The New Yorker, while Taryn Simon sought out a 1994 image of Salman Rushdie, inscribed by Avedon to the writer “Yours, in the struggle—Dick,” and loaned by Rushdie for exhibition. Among many extraordinary images selected by figures from the worlds of fashion and film are Miuccia Prada’s choice, a 1979 portrait of thirteen-year-old Texas rattlesnake skinner Boyd Fortin from In the American West, and Emma Watson’s, a 1965 photograph of Donyale Luna, who would become the first Black model to grace the cover of American Vogue.

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Installation view, Avedon 100, Gagosian, 522 West 21st Street, New York, May 4–July 7, 2023. Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

Award

The Lucie Awards 2023
“Avedon 100” and Antwaun Sargent

Avedon 100, a recent exhibition at Gagosian, New York, organized in commemoration of the centenary of Richard Avedon’s birth, has won the Lucie Awards Gallery Exhibition of the Year for 2023. The landmark exhibition featured photographs selected by more than 150 cultural figures who elaborated on the impact of the photographer’s work today.

Gagosian director Antwaun Sargent received the Lucie Awards Spotlight/Visionary Award. He is the author of The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion (Aperture) and curator of an accompanying exhibition of the same name, which is currently traveling. In 2023, he organized exhibitions by Derrick Adams, Cy Gavin, Rick Lowe, and Honor Titus at the gallery, among other accomplishments.

Installation view, Avedon 100, Gagosian, 522 West 21st Street, New York, May 4–July 7, 2023. Artwork © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Photo: Rob McKeever

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