last week in 1981, richard avedon shot ‘nastassja kinski and the serpent’, which was printed in silver gelatin and released the following year in a limited edition of 200 which were signed and numbered, also appearing as a gatefold cover of photo magazine - this wednesday, one goes on sale at christie’s in london, estimate £20,000 - £30,000, lot 23/sale 7722 - at the time, stylist polly mellen wished she’d removed the ivory bracelet, now almost as iconic as the photograph itself

http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5219862
mandix
mandi’s basement

my life, my life, my life, my life
in the sunshine…
everybody loves the sunshine, sunshine
everybody loves the sunshine, sunshine
folk’s get down in the sunshine, sunshine
folk’s get brown in the sunshine
just bee’s and thangs and flowers
just bee’s and thangs and flowers
just bee’s and thangs and flowers
just bee’s and thangs and flowers
my life, my life, my life, my life
In the sunshine…
everybody loves the sunshine, sunshine
everybody loves the sunshine, sunshine
folks get down in the sunshine, sunshine
folks get brown in the sunshine
feel what i feel, what i feel, what i feel what i’m feelin
in the sunshine
feel what i feel, what i feel, what i feel, what i’m feelin
in the sunshine
do what i do what i do what i do what i’m doing
in the sunshine
do what i do what i do what i do what i’m doing
in the sunshine
everybody loves the sunshine
sunshine…
mandix
mandi’s basement