FASHION FOR THREE
left) Actresses (above, from and attended Louis Vuitton’s runway show during Paris Fashion Week. Also checking out the show were stars and That’s quite a front row.
Uart collector is accusing the Richard Avedon Foundation of making it difficult for him to sell a $15,000 nude photo of ballet star Rudolf Nureyev taken by the renowned photographer Avedon. “Christie’s held onto the photo for five months, then told me that the estate claimed the photo was a gift from Avedon to Nureyev and that’s why (Christie’s) couldn’t sell it,” he claims. But after the Christie’s appraiser who allegedly said that to Walters left the company last year, the collector says, her replacement simply said the photo wasn’t an item of interest to them any more. Walters finds that confusing because he says he bought the photo for $1,200 at a Christie’s auction in 1995 and has documentation that supports his claim. “It’s still in the same box that it was in when Christie’s sold it to me,” he says. Walters also showed us a text from another prominent art dealer who tells him that the litigious Avedon Foundation scares dealers like himself away from photos like this one. Walters accuses the foundation of using “strongarm tactics” to control the marketplace when it comes to Avedon’s photos.