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Apr 25, 2023 · The exhibition “Avedon’s West” at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth is showing 13 works from Richard Avedon’s “In the American West,” which premiered at the museum ...
Feb 25, 2017 · Photograph: The Richard Avedon Foundation. Some of the most powerful portraits that Richard Avedon ever shot were those commissioned by the Amon Carter Museum of Art, in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1979 ...
Gagosian is pleased to present an exhibition of large-scale photographic portraits from Richard Avedon’s series In the American West (1979–84), which was commissioned in 1978 by the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. The ten photographs on view in Beverly Hills from November 4 to December 18, 2021, are the original exhibition prints ...
In 1979, Carter director Mitchell A. Wilder commissioned fashion and portrait photographer Richard Avedon to capture his view of the American West. Intrigued by the challenge, Avedon spent the next six years, from 1979 to 1984, traveling to 189 towns in 17 states—Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South ...
The Carter is open today, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd. Fort Worth, TX 76107. 817.738.1933. 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Richard Avedon, renowned fashion and portrait photographer. As part of a national celebration, the Carter is showcasing 13 works from the acclaimed series In the American West, which the ...
Jan 1, 1985 · In the American West. Hardcover – January 1, 1985. A master of American fashion and art photography turns his artistry to capturing--in a series of photograph portraits--the cowboys, roustabouts, drifters, gamblers, bar girls, and others who characterize the modern Western experience. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks ...
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Sep 1, 2023 · During the spring of 1979, photographer Richard Avedon arrived in Texas to embark on a series of portraits of the American West for the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Every summer from 1979 to 1984, Avedon returned to the West, visiting ranches, rodeos, jails, truck stops, mines, slaughterhouses, mental hospitals, and stockyards.
