The Autumn Contemporary Sale of Bukowski’s Auction House in Stockholm included a rare print of Richard Avedon’s “Dovima with Elephants, evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August 1955.” (Click on the picture to see a larger version of this magnificent photo).The 130 X 106 cm image was sold on November 16 for 3 million kronor, making it one of the most expensive photos ever sold in Sweden. The photo is signed by the photographer, and numbered 13/50. The dress worn by the model Dovima is the first evening dress designed for Christian Dior by his new assistant, Yves Saint-Laurent.
Alvedon once said of Dovima: “She was the last of the great elegant, aristocratic beauties…the most remarkable and unconventional beauty of her time.”
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