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Portraits

by Richard Avedon, Harold Rosenberg

This volume presents a collection of austere portraits featuring public figures including Dwight Eisenhower and Andy Warhol. The minimalist images aim to capture the sitter's identity and solidity of being without employing illusionistic effects.

Accession 31091 ISBN 0374236380 Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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