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Brand
Harper
UPC
9780062442710
MPN
9.78006E+12
Model
9.78006E+12
Country of Origintion
USA United States
Net Quantity or Number of Units
1
Dimensions LxWxH - Cms
6X1.92X9
ISBN-10
62442716
ISBN-13
9780062442710
SKUASIN
SONG0062442716
Edition
First Edition
No of Pages
672
Type
Books
Item Length
6
ISBN
9780062442710
Publication Year
2020
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
What Becomes a Legend Most: a Biography of Richard Avedon
Item Height
229mm
Author
Philip Gefter
Publisher
HarperCollins INC International Concepts
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
936g
Number of Pages
672 Pages

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Wise and ebullient. - Dwight Garner, The New York Times The first definitive biography of Richard Avedon, a monumental photographer of the twentieth century, from award-winning photography critic Philip Gefter. In his acclaimed portraits, Richard Avedon captured the iconic figures of the twentieth century in his starkly bold, intimately minimal, and forensic visual style. Concurrently, his work for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue transformed the ideals of women's fashion, femininity, and culture to become the defining look of an era. Yet despite his driving ambition to gain respect in the art world, during his lifetime he was condescendingly dismissed as a celebrity photographer. What Becomes a Legend Most is the first definitive biography of this luminary-an intensely driven man who endured personal and professional prejudice, struggled with deep insecurities, and mounted an existential lifelong battle to be recognized as an artist. Philip Gefter builds on archival research and exclusive interviews with those closest to Avedon to chronicle his story, beginning with Avedon's coming-of-age in New York between the world wars, when cultural prejudices forced him to make decisions that shaped the course of his life. Compounding his private battles, Avedon fought to be taken seriously in a medium that itself struggled to be respected within the art world. Gefter reveals how the 1950s and 1960s informed Avedon's life and work as much as he informed the period. He counted as close friends a profoundly influential group of artists-Leonard Bernstein, Truman Capote, James Baldwin, Harold Brodkey, Renata Adler, Sidney Lumet, and Mike Nichols-who shaped the cultural life of the American twentieth century. It wasn't until Avedon's fashion work was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the late 1970s that he became a household name. Balancing glamour with the gravitas of an artist's genuine reach for worldly achievement-and not a little gossip-plus sixteen pages of photographs, What Becomes a Legend Most is an intimate window into Avedon's fascinating world. Dramatic, visionary, and remarkable, it pays tribute to Avedon's role in the history of photography and fashion-and his legacy as one of the most consequential artists of his time.

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Publisher
HarperCollins INC International Concepts
ISBN-13
9780062442710
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25046600686

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Book Title
What Becomes a Legend Most: a Biography of Richard Avedon
Author
Philip Gefter
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
672 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
936g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Philip Gefter
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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