1961. Dated and inscribed 'Vogue' in pencil verso. Gelatin silver print on glossy card.
image: 10 11/16 x 8 1/8 in. (27.1 x 20.6cm)
sheet: 14 15/16 x 11 11/16 in. (37.9 x 29.7cm)

Provenance: Chris Beetles Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Washington, D.C. (acquired directly from the above in 2009).
EXHIBITED:
"Duffy," Chris Beetles Gallery, London, October - November, 2009, exhibition no. 24.

Brian Duffy was born in London in 1933 into an Irish family. Despite a childhood marred by the upheaval and uncertainty of WWII, coupled with a resistance to formal schooling, Duffy entered Saint Martin's School of Art in 1950 to study painting. Upon graduating, he worked briefly as an assistant to a fashion designer before transitioning to photography, and later as a studio assistant to other established artists. Duffy was hired by British Vogue in 1957, and, along with photographer Terry Donovan, photographed the fashions and celebrities of the 'Swinging Sixties' in London.