Henry James Portrait VI

"Everything about Florence seems to be coloured with a mild violet, like diluted wine."

Letter to Henry James Sr. (26 October 1869)

 Jean Shrimpton by Avedon

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Henry James Portraits V

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"In art economy is always beauty."

The Altar of the Dead- Henry James

all portraits by the ever brilliant Richard AVEDON

Henrietta, Duchess of Bedford
Dolores Guinness
Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia
 Antonella Agnelli
Marella Agnelli
Vicomtesse Jacqueline de Ribes






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Henry James Portraits IV

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The ever importunate murmur, "Dramatize it, dramatize it!"  
Henry James, The Altar of the Dead

Alidad photographed by Simon Upton



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Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
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Henry James Portraits III

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To take what there is, and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived — to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that — this doubtless is the right way to live. Henry James, Notebook entry, London, 1889-05-12

Rudolf Nureyev photographed by Irving Penn

Henry James Portraits II

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"She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table."

Henry James,The Ambassadors, book VII, ch. I

Deeda Blair photographed by HORST

wearing Givenchy

Henry James Portraits, I

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Portrait on the Grand Canal

photographed by David Bailey

"It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, for our consideration
and application of these things, and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process."
Henry James to to H.G. Wells (10 July 1915)

 

  The Conte and Contessa Brandolini on their flower strewn terrace,
the flowers are for a dinner preceding a Venetian Ball.


(from VOGUE, November 1967)