Yevonde: life and colour

Abstract

This hardcover book accompanies our exhibition Yevonde: Life in Colour, the first exhibition dedicated to Yevonde Middleton since 1998 which explores the story of her life and career. This illustrated publication showcases the work of Yevonde, providing in-depth context to her images.-- Publisher's website.

Contents

Director's foreword / Nicholas Cullinan -- A note from Chanel / Yana Peel -- Yevonde: true original / Clare Freestone -- Yevonde in print Lucinda Gosling - Studio -- Goddess of photography: Yevonde's self-portraits / Magdalene Keaney -- Yevonde & Vivex: The 1930s in colour / Pamela Glasson Roberts -- Colour -- Royal patronage -- Yevonde's "Goddesses' / Lizzie Broadbent -- Beyond beauty & myth: Goddesses made real / Lizzie Broadbent -- RMS Queen Mary -- 'A sprinkling of still-life phantasies' Georgia Atienza -- Modern women: Domesticity & allure / Clare Freestone -- Solarisation / Clare Freestone -- 'Some distinguished women' -- 'Only a future!' Yevonde's legacy & influence / Susanna Brown -- Chronology.