Lips, 1960 by Ormond Gigli is a c-print. It is titled and dated in ink lower left margin recto (front of photo), signed lower right margin recto by the photographer. A contemporary color photograph, a close up of beautiful red lips, by a master of 20th Century photography, the work remains an iconic 20th Century fashion photograph, in an edition of 30. The print size: 24" x 36".
Lips is another of Gigli’s iconic and popular works, created for TIME magazine, in 1960. It’s pop-inspired close-up of a woman’s brightly painted lips. Exuding femininity and sensuality, the work restates one of the oldest themes of art history, reimagining the female form in a new and contemporary way. “Lips” has become such a famous image that many fashion photographers have revisited and been inspired by it for more than half a century.
Provenance: Gigli Estate
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Artist’s Bio:
Ormond Gigli (1925-2019) published in the top magazines, such as LIFE, Time, and Paris Match. Assignments took the photographer around the globe. Gigli's celebrity portraits included Sophia Loren (at age 21), Anita Ekberg, Marcel Duchamp, John F. Kennedy, Halston, Gina Lollobrigida, Diana Vreeland, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, among others. The most famous of Gigli's favorite photographs were self-assigned, such as one of the legendary fashion photographs of the 20th century, Girls in the Windows.
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Available at 99Prints NYC an online art marketplace for today’s collector of contemporary art, works on paper, original and limited edition photography. Based in New York City, 99Prints ships worldwide.
Lips is another of Gigli’s iconic and popular works, created for TIME magazine, in 1960. It’s pop-inspired close-up of a woman’s brightly painted lips. Exuding femininity and sensuality, the work restates one of the oldest themes of art history, reimagining the female form in a new and contemporary way. “Lips” has become such a famous image that many fashion photographers have revisited and been inspired by it for more than half a century.
Provenance: Gigli Estate
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Artist’s Bio:
Ormond Gigli (1925-2019) published in the top magazines, such as LIFE, Time, and Paris Match. Assignments took the photographer around the globe. Gigli's celebrity portraits included Sophia Loren (at age 21), Anita Ekberg, Marcel Duchamp, John F. Kennedy, Halston, Gina Lollobrigida, Diana Vreeland, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, among others. The most famous of Gigli's favorite photographs were self-assigned, such as one of the legendary fashion photographs of the 20th century, Girls in the Windows.
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Available at 99Prints NYC an online art marketplace for today’s collector of contemporary art, works on paper, original and limited edition photography. Based in New York City, 99Prints ships worldwide.