The Exhibition
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Works are listed alphabetically by title, Charles Henri Ford’s photographs preceding those by other photographers. Titles, dates, and shooting sites of all photographs referred to in the preceding text and listed below have – with five exceptions – been kindly provided by Indra Tamang. Sotheby’s Picture Library and the Beaton Archive provided information about Cecil Beaton’s photo of Ford; Shelley Scott and Sarah Scott supplied information about Ford’s two images of her; and I furnished information about my photo of Ford and about Tamang’s triple photograph of Ford, Stevenson, and me. – v.k.-y.
Ancient Stupa (Kathmandu) (fig. 16; p. 18) 1970s-1980s; 6½ x 8½ in.
Indian Women Creating Saris by the River (Kathmandu) (fig. 17; p. 18); n.d.; 7⅞ x 10 in.
André Breton (fig. 38; p. 29) 1940s; 7¼ x 7½ in.
Indra Tamang (fig. 6; p. 12) n.d.; 7¾ x 11½ in.
Andy Warhol (fig. 56; p. 39) n.d.; 6¼ x 9¼ in.
Indra Tamang (fig. 7; p. 13) n.d; 3½ x 5½ in.
Andy Warhol (fig. 55; p. 39) 1960s; 8 9⁄ 16 x 13 in.
Indra Tamang (fig. 8; p. 13) n.d.; 3½ x 5 in.
Bambi (Athens) (fig. 22; p. 20) 1965; 10¼ x 6½ in.
James Van Der Zee (fig. 45; p. 33) n.d.; 107⁄ 16 x 99⁄ 16 in.
Carl Van Vechten (Florence) (fig. 52; p. 37) n.d.; 7⅞ x 7⅞ in.
Karen “Tania” Blixen (Isak Dinesen) (fig. 25; p. 23) n.d.; 9½ x 11¾ in.
Carrying a Large Gourd (Italy) (fig. 20; p. 18) c. late 1940s; 7⅞ x 7 13⁄ 16 in.
Léonid Berman (fig. 41; p. 31) c. 1940s; 6¼ x 9½ in.
Carson McCullers (fig. 26; p. 23) c. 1940s; 2⅛ x 2⅛ in.
Leonor Fini (fig. 29; p. 24) n.d.; 7 5⁄ 16 x 7 ½ in.
Cecil Beaton (fig. 53; p. 37) c. 1940s; 2¼ x 2¼ in.
Leonor Fini (fig. 31; p. 26) n.d.; 11 x 11 in.
Djuna Barnes (fig. 24; p. 22) n.d.; 7½ x 7½ in.
Leonor Fini (Central Park, New York City) (fig. 30; p. 25) n.d.; 7¾ x 7⅝ in.
Fabrizio Clerici (Rome) (fig. 46; p. 34) 1960; 4 13⁄ 16 x 7⅛ in.
Leonor Fini (Central Park, New York City) (fig. 28; p. 24) late 1930s; 7½ x 7½ in.
Gala Dali (Italy) (fig. 33; p. 27) n.d.; 7¼ x 7⅜ in.
Mary McCarthy (fig. 27; p. 23) late 1930s; 6½ x 6½ in.
Gertrude Ford and Pavel Tchelitchew (Italy) (fig. 60; p. 42) 1950s; 7½ x 77⁄ 16 in.
Ned Rorem (fig. 43; p. 32) n.d.; 6⅜ x 9⅝ in.
Harold Stevenson in his Studio (Paris) (fig. 54; p. 38) 1950s; 8 9⁄ 16 x 13 in.
Nude (Crete) (fig. 23; p. 21) n.d; 9⅜ x 7 3⁄ 16 in.
Henri Cartier-Bresson (fig. 50; p. 37) n.d.; 7⅝ x 7⅝ in.
Nusch Eluard, Dora Maar, Paul Eluard, Leonor Fini (fig. 35; p. 27); n.d.; 4½ x 4½ in.
Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographing Pavel Tchelitchew (fig. 51; p. 37); 1930s; 7½ x 7½ in.
Parker Tyler (fig. 39; p. 30) n.d.; 7¾ x 7¾ in.
Paul Bowles (on the 2nd Avenue El, Shortly Before his First Trip to Paris) (fig. 44; p. 32) early 1930s; 8½ x 7½ in. Paul Eluard (fig. 34; p. 27) n.d.; 11 x 11 in. Pavel Tchelitchew (fig. 63; p. 44) n.d.; 6½ x 6½ in. Pavel Tchelitchew (fig. 64; p. 45) n.d.; 7½ x 7⅝ in. Pavel Tchelitchew (fig. 62; p. 44) n.d.; 7 9⁄ 16 x 7⅜ in. Roberto Matta (fig. 47; p. 34) n.d.; 7⅜ x 7½ in. Ruth Ford (fig. 61; p. 43) n.d.; 7½ x 7½ in. Ruth Ford (fig. 1; p. 6) n.d.; 7 5⁄ 16 x 7½ in. Ruth Ford (fig. 59; p. 42) n.d.; 7½ x 7½ in. Ruth Ford (Central Park, New York City) (fig. 57; p. 40) 1930s; 6 x 6 in. Ruth Ford (Connecticut) (fig. 58; p. 41) n.d.; 7½ x 7½ in. Salvador and Gala Dali (fig. 32; p. 27) 1930s; 9¾ x 13 in. Self Portrait in a Mirror (fig. 67; p. 47) n.d.; 6 x 9¼ in. Shelley Scott (Crete) (fig. 66; p. 46) 1967; 4½ x 6½ in. Loan Courtesy of Shelley Scott Shelley Scott and Musician (Crete) (fig. 65; p. 46) 1967; 9½ x 11¾ in. Loan Courtesy of Shelley Scott
Still from Johnny Minotaur (fig. 15; p. 17) 1971; 5 x 6⅞ in. Ted Joans (fig. 37; p. 28) n.d.; 9¾ x 8 in. Untitled (fig. 21; p. 19) n.d.; 7 15⁄ 16 x 713⁄ 16 in. Untitled (Italy?) (fig. 12; p. 16) late 1940s; 7 15⁄ 16 x 7⅞ in. Untitled (Italy) (fig. 11; p. 16) 1930s; 7⅝ x 7⅝ in. Untitled (Italy) (fig. 13; p. 17) n.d.; 7½ x 7½ in. Untitled (Kathmandu) (fig. 21; p. 18) 1980s; 7⅞ x 10 in. Untitled (Kathmandu) (fig. 18; p. 19) n.d.; 6 13⁄ 16 x 10⅜ Untitled (New York City) (fig. 2; p. 9) n.d.; 7⅝ x 7⅝ in. Untitled (New York City) (fig. 10; p. 15) late 1930s; 7½ x 7½ in. Untitled (New York City) (fig. 3; p. 10) late 1930s; 8¼ x 7½ in. Untitled (New York City) (fig. 9; p. 14) c. late 1930s; 7½ x 7½ in. Untitled (Rome) (fig. 14; p. 17) 1950s; 6 9⁄ 16 x 9⅞ in. W. H. Auden (fig. 40; p. 31) n.d.; 8¾ x 13 in. Wallace Stevens (fig. 36; p. 28) n.d.; 9⅝ x 7⅝ in. William S. Burroughs (fig. 42; p. 32) n.d.; 9½ x 7⅝ in.
Yves Tanguy (fig. 48; p. 35) 1930s; 7¾ x 7⅜ in.
The works listed below are by photographers other than Charles Henri Ford: Cecil Beaton (fig. 49; p. 36) Charles Henri Ford (England) 1930s; 9⅜ x 7½ in. © Cecil Beaton Archive, Sotheby’s London Indra Tamang (fig. 4; p. 11) Charles Henri Ford at Full Moon Party, Kathmandu, Nepal (April 19, 1981); 4⅝ x 3¼ in. © Indra Tamang. Loan courtesy of the artist. Indra Tamang (fig. 68; p. 52) Victor Koshkin-Youritzin, Harold Stevenson and Charles Henri Ford (taken at Ford’s summer residence, Montauk, Long Island, New York, July 24, 2000). 7 15⁄ 16 x 12 in. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma, Norman: gift of Victor Koshkin-Youritzin, 2006. © Indra Tamang. Victor Koshkin-Youritzin (fig. 5; p. 11) Charles Henri Ford (taken at his summer residence, Montauk, Long Island, New York), July 24, 2000. 7 15⁄ 16 x 12 in. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma, Norman; gift of the artist, 2006. © Victor Koshkin-Youritzin.
Photogra phs by C ha rl es H enri Ford
Fred Jones J r. Mus eum of A rt • The U ni vers i t y of Okl ahoma
Please note: Unless otherwise noted all photographs are by Charles Henri Ford and were loaned courtesy of Ruth Ford and Indra Tamang. Copyright for Charles Henri Ford’s photographs is owned by Indra Tamang. Dimensions listed are the image size; height precedes width.