Richard Avedon Prints Fetch $7.5 Million

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A selection of prints by the late, great Richard Avedon fetched $7.5 million at a recent Christie’s auction in Paris.

Leading the way was a large photograph of model Dovima posing with elephants at a circus. It was taken in 1955 and sold for $1.15 million.

Other highlights included a multi-coloured Beatles shot from 1967 which raked in $608,000, a semi-nude photograph of model Stephanie Seymour and shots of Marilyn Monroe and Rudolf Nureyev.

The auction raised money for the Richard Avedon Foundation.

(Source: luxist)