Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney: Three-quarter photograph of the art patroness, in costume

by Leon Bakst, looking into a mirror she holds before her, with characteristic de Meyer backlighting by Adolf de Meyer

$750 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Modern second generation print. 1 vols. Image 9-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches. Fine. Witkin and London, pp. 123-24. Item #19025 Notes Witkin and London: “Baron Adolf de Meyer's connections with socially important and fashionable people and his own sense of elegance made him the first great fashion photographer.” Until 1914 he photographed his social friends as a service rather than a commercial venture; that

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