Avedon, Richard
Variant namesA native New Yorker, originally trained as a photographer for the U.S. Merchant Marines, Avedon is best known for his work as a fashion photographer for such magazines as Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Look, and Life; his project "The West" for the Amon Carter Museum; and his portraits of various celebrities.
From the description of Richard Avedon Collection. 1958-1981. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122632964
Photographer; b. 1923.
From the description of Papers, ca. 1950-[ongoing]. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28420914
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| referencedIn | Fonds Louis Jouvet | Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des arts du spectacle | |
| referencedIn | Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Jacob Israel Avedon. 1974: Archives pamphlet file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library | |
| referencedIn | Vera Zorina papers | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| creatorOf | Avedon, Richard. [Photographs of T.S. Eliot]. | Loyola University (New Orleans, La.). Monroe Library | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Robert Graves: Correspondence (arranged by correspondent), c1909 to 2004 | St John's College, Oxford | |
| referencedIn | Gore Vidal papers, 1850-2020 (inclusive), 1936-2008 (bulk) | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | American Ballet Theatre records, 1936-ca. 1967 | The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. | |
| creatorOf | Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997. Papers, [ca. 1953-ca. 1985]. | Ohio State University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Allen Ginsberg papers, 1937-1994. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Allen Ginsberg papers, 1937-1994 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Avedon, Richard. Artist file. | Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives | |
| creatorOf | Feitler, Bea. Bea Feitler papers, 1920-1981 (bulk 1960-1980). | New School for Social Research | |
| creatorOf | Avedon, Richard. Papers, ca. 1950-[ongoing]. | University of Arizona Libraries | |
| referencedIn | J. Walter Thompson Company. Legal Dept. records, 1936-1979. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
| referencedIn | Ginsberg (Allen) photograph collection | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Books & Co. records, 1978-1997 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| creatorOf | Avedon, Richard. [Richard Avedon : International Art & Artists File]. | Libraries Australia | |
| referencedIn | New York Times Company records. A.M. Rosenthal papers, 1955-1994, 1967-1986 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Avedon, Richard : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library | |
| creatorOf | Mitchell A. Wilder papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Avedon, Richard, 1923- . Richard Avedon Collection. | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center | |
| creatorOf | Eisenberg, Deborah. Papers, 1964-2006. | Indiana University | |
| referencedIn | Aram Saroyan Papers., undated, 1950-1977. | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. | |
| referencedIn | Walker Percy Papers, circa 1910-1992 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
| referencedIn | Spock War Posters Collection, 1909-1975 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| creatorOf | Avedon, Richard. [Richard Avedon] : artist file | John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library, Ringling Museum Library | |
| referencedIn | Avedon, Richard. [Richard Avedon] : artist file | John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library, Ringling Museum Library | |
| creatorOf | Avedon, Richard. Avedon, Richard : [photography bio file]. | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library |
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| associatedWith | American Ballet Theatre | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Avedon, Richard | person |
| associatedWith | Books & Co | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997. | person |
| associatedWith | Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962. | person |
| associatedWith | Eisenberg, Deborah. | person |
| associatedWith | Feitler, Bea. | person |
| associatedWith | Ginsberg, Allen | person |
| associatedWith | Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. | person |
| associatedWith | Graves, Robert Windham, 1858-1934 | person |
| correspondedWith | Jouvet, Louis (1887-1951) | person |
| associatedWith | J. Walter Thompson Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Krishna Menon, V. K. (Vengalil Krishnan), 1897-1974. | person |
| associatedWith | Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 | person |
| associatedWith | Richard Avedon, | person |
| associatedWith | Rosenthal, A. M. (Abraham Michael), 1922-2006 | person |
| correspondedWith | Saroyan, Aram. | person |
| associatedWith | Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998 | person |
| associatedWith | The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Vidal, Gore, 1925- | person |
| associatedWith | Wilder, Mitchell A. | person |
| associatedWith | Wilson, Laura, | person |
| correspondedWith | Zorina, Vera. | person |
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Birth 1923-05-15
Death 2004-10-01
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