Richard Avedon Collection. 1958-1981.

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Richard Avedon Collection. 1958-1981.

The collection consists of two portraits and one photographic postcard. Titles include: 1. [Isak Dinesen], 2. V. Krishna Menon, and 3. [Laura Wilson and Richard Avedon].

3 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 29.8 x 26.7 cm. or smaller.

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Avedon, Richard, 1923-2004

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Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and dance....

Krishna Menon, V. K. (Vengalil Krishnan), 1897-1974

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V.K. Krishna Menon was an Indian politician. Living in London, he became active in the Indian self-government movement. He served as High Commissioner for India in Great Britain, Indian delegate to the United Nations, and Indian Minister of Defense. Despite certain errors in judgment, he was trusted by Nehru, and did much to establish fledgling India's domestic, foreign, and defense policies. From the description of V.K. Krishna Menon leaflets and letters to Rajni Patel, 1936-1939. (...

Wilson, Laura, 1939-

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Photojournalist Laura Wilson was born in 1939 and raised in New England. She married author, editor, and entrepreneur Robert A. Wilson, with whom she has three sons, Andrew, Owen, and Luke. Always interested in photography and photojournalism, Wilson photographed her sons throughout their childhoods, and pored over books by photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jacques Henri Lartigue, and Eugene Smith. Her professional career began in 1978 when she met photographe...

Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962

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