A view from the middle of the living room, looking toward a side
room in which Avedon kept an extra bed with books on top of it.
The mirror in that room reflects back to the kitchen and garden
on the other end of the apartment. To the right of the mirror, in
the background, is a hallway leading to Avedon’s bedroom;
the hall is also where he had his desk. In the living room, an August
Sander photograph hangs above a small dining table, right, that
was inspired by photographs Avedon took in Butte, Montana. Meant
to evoke mining equipment, the table has an I-beam-style base and
a top inlaid with copper. It and the coffee table, built to hold
as many books as possible, were designed by Brian Tolle. The English
oak chairs around the dining table were made in the twenties by
Robert Thompson, who signed each one with a little carving of a
mouse. A Jacques Henri Lartigue photograph of Avedon sits on the
floor behind one of the chairs.
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