Barbara Mullen

 Lot 81. Lillian Bassman, Across the Restaurant, Barbara Mullen, dress by Jacques Fath, Le Grand Véfour, Paris, 1949. Estimate £20,000 - 30,000. Photo Phillips Gelatin silver print, printed later.85 x 73.1 cm (33 1/2 x 28 3/4 in.)Signed and numbered 24/25 in pencil on the verso.   Provenance: Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica Literature: Harper's Bazaar, April 1949D. Solomon, Lillian Bassman: Women, Abrams, 2009, p. 17 Note: ‘Long necks. The thrust of the head in a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 80. Lillian Bassman, Barbara Mullen, New York, Harper's Bazaar, circa 1958. Estimate £10,000 - 15,000. Photo Phillips Gelatin silver print, printed later.90.2 x 69.4 cm (35 1/2 x 27 3/8 in.)Signed and numbered 11/25 in pencil on the verso.   Provenance: Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica Literature: Lillian Bassman, Bulfinch, 1997, pl. 50D. Solomon, Lillian Bassman: Women, Abrams, 2009, back cover and p. 4 Note: ‘Long necks. The thrust of the head in a certain position. The... [Lire la suite]

The Cost of Living, Barbara Mullen, New York, Harper's Bazaar, March 1950. Platinum print, 30 x 24 inches. Printed c. 2007. Reinterpreted 1994. Print number 10 from an edition on 15. Signed and editioned, in pencil, on verso. Illustrated: Lillian Bassman , (New York: Bulfinch/Little, Brown and Company, 1997), pl. 35; Lillian Bassman: Women , (New York: Abrams, 2009), p. 32. [LBP.008.10]. NEW YORK, NY.- Edwynn Houk Gallery announces its exclusive representation of the Estate of Lillian Bassman and its first... [Lire la suite]

Richard Avedon, Audrey Hepburn and Art Buchwald, with Simone D'Aillencourt, Frederick Eberstadt, Barbara Mullen, and Dr. Reginald Kerman, evening dresses by Balmain, Dior, and Patou, Maxim's, Paris, August 1959, 1959, gelatin silver print, 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 cm), ed. of 25 © The Richard Avedon Foundation.Image courtesy of Gagosian Rome. Whenever I become absorbed in the beauty of a face, in the excellence of a single feature, I feel I’ve lost what’s really there...been seduced by someone else’s standard of beauty... [Lire la suite]

Barbara Mullen photograhed by Richard Avedon, New York, 1951

Lillian Bassman, The Spotted Furs, Furred: Barbara Mullen in a Coat by Traina-Norell, New York, Harper's Bazaar, 1954. Photo Philips de Pury Gelatin silver print, printed later. 43.4 x 56.4 cm (17 1/8 x 22 1/4 in) Signed in ink on an artist's label affixed to the verso. Number 7 from an edition of 25. ESTIMATE £3,000 - 5,000  PROVENANCE Private Collection, New York LITERATURE D. Salomon, ed., Lillian Bassman: Women, New York, 2009, pp.90–91 Philips de Pury & Company.... [Lire la suite]

Lillian Bassman, Fantasy on the dance floor, Barbara Mullen, dress by Christian Dior, Paris, 1949. photo courtesy Phillips de Pury & Company Gelatin silver print, printed later. 21 5/8 x 17 1/2 in. (54.9 x 44.5 cm).  Signed in pencil on the verso. Number 6 from an edition of 25. ESTIMATE $3,000-4,000 PROVENANCE Acquired directly from the artist LITERATURE Abrams, Lillian Bassman: Women, p. 47 Phillips de Pury & Company. Photographs. 16 April 2010. New York