Richard Avedon: In the American West Jan Steen Taking its title from Ballard’s

Taking its title from Ballard’s visionary 1973 novel

This publication features extensive reproductions of the forty-six exhibited works

the plate illustrates an isolated head in vivid red

the exhibition featured rarely seen works by the artist created between 1993 and 2021

This book was published on the occasion of the public installation of Alexander Calder’s Flying Dragon (1975) at Place Vendôme in Paris for the 2021 edition of FIAC Hors les Murs

Richard Avedon: In the American West Jan Steen Taking its title from Ballard’sThis fortieth anniversary edition of Richard Avedons iconic In the American West is a lush reissue of his legendary book, originally published by Harry Abrams in 1985. Avedons landmark seriescommissioned in 1979 by the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texasis the result of a five year project that saw him travel through twenty one states, photographing more than a thousand ordinary people against a seamless white backdrop. Avoiding the landscape