CHRISTIAN DIOR EXHIBITION - Lot 28

CHRISTIAN DIOR EXHIBITION A photograph by Louis Athol Shmidt of the Australian model (Patricia Tucckwell), taken in 1949, selected to promote the C. Dior exhibition in Melbourne in 1994. Press photo, 1994 RC print, captioned (dated label with photographer credit), stamped (publication dates), and annotated on the back. 21.5 x 16.5 cm, including white borders. Note: Taken in 1949, at the height of Christian Dior’s golden age and the “New Look,” this elegant photograph of Patricia Tuckwell attests to the fashion house’s international influence. Its selection, nearly half a century later, to promote a Dior exhibition in Melbourne underscores the iconic power of this image.