A woman in an elegant dress poses between two elephants, stretching her arms to touch them.

Richard Avedon

Dovima with Elephants, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris

1955

Not on view

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Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 51 1/2 × 40 3/4 in. (130.8 × 103.5 cm) Image: 50 7/8 × 40 1/4 in. (129.2 × 102.2 cm)

Accession number
2001.187

Edition
9/50

This image exists in the following edition sizes and
numbers:
10 x 8 inches Edition of 100
24 x 20 inches Edition of 50
49 x 40 inches Edition of 50
60 x 48 inches Edition of 15
82 x 65 inches Edition of 10

Credit line
Gift of Eileen and Peter Norton

Rights and reproductions
© 1955 The Richard Avedon Foundation

API
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