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This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2022 Mar 19 @ 16:00UTC+1
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Vintage Richard Avedon signed Poster from 1981 of Nastassja Kinski and the serpent. 36x24 inches.
Poster is attached to board. Framed.
With both Nastassja Kinski and Richard Avedon at the height of their careers, their two-hour long photoshoot created an iconic image that would stand the test of time. The two united in 1981 for a fashion editorial photoshoot commissioned by US Vogue, with the grand dame of fashion herself, Diana Vreeland, recruiting one of the world’s most renowned photographers to capture the celebrity woman du jour. After a relatively humdrum opening with somewhat conventional fashion pictures resulting, the on-shoot mood was less than inspired. According to Vogue stylist Polly Mellen who worked on the shoot, it was Kinski herself who suggested that the addition of a snake would provide an extra punch to the images. This observation came to be something of an understatement, as a huge boa constrictor was brought to the set to lay upon the naked 21-year-old starlet. Reportedly, after hours of attempting to coax the snake into the ideal positions it finally snaked its way up the young actress’ body with Avedon patiently on hand to capture the split-second perfection of the serpent flicking its tongue into Kinski’s remarkably poised ear. The timeless sensuality of the image, alluding to the centuries-old story of Eve and the snake, is immortalised by Avedon; pushing past the photographer’s comfort zone and into the erotic. And while Kinski is sexualised it is evident that she herself holds this power — stoic and in control, both in front of and behind the lens.
Though originally created as an editorial image, the only fashion artefact present in the image is the Patricia von Musulin bracelet on Kinski’s wrist, a detail that the Vogue editor at the time came to regret. However, the jewelry did not detract meaningful attention from Kinski, as when Condé Nast quickly put this image into production as a poster, after it had first graced the cover of US Vogue, it became one of the most reproduced posters in history, becoming a staple for hormonally inflected college dorms and high school boys’ bedrooms the world over. It also became one of the most referenced fashion images of all time, recreated most recently for Vanity Fair with actress Jennifer Lawrence in front of the camera, and famed lensman Patrick Demarchelier behind it.
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