The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Paris
1954
(American, 1923–2004)
Image: 24.5 x 19.2 cm (9 5/8 x 7 9/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 2000.88
© The Richard Avedon Foundation
Location: Not on view
Description
Avedon’s two types of photography—fashion and portraiture—astutely scrutinizes society’s faces and fashions, helping to reveal the culture’s identity. In 1945, he began working for the legendary art director Alexy Brodovitch at Harper’s Bazaar. Avedon quickly established a reputation for provocative work that transcended the genre of fashion photography. This photograph of a fabricated encounter between a stylishly dressed model and a Parisian bus conductor was part of a picture spread on current fall fashions from Paris. Published in the September 1955 issue of Harper’s Bazaar, the captivating image distills the essence of a moment in this milieu, succinctly capturing gesture, grace, and style.- Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-September 16, 2007).The Cleveland Museum of Art (6/24/07 - 9/16/07); "Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art", no exhibition catalogue.
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