| | | | | | | | | © Christian von Alvensleben: A goddess playing games in the sea, 1976 | | | | | | STORIES: VERUSCHKA | | | | Complete online exhibition: 22 images here | | | STORIES: HARRY’S BAR | | | | Complete online exhibition: 33 images here | | | In the 1970s, Christian von Alvensleben photographed Harry’s Bar in Venice and
the model Veruschka von Lehndorff in the Bahamas. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | © Christian von Alvensleben: Close up Veruschka, 1976 | | | | | | STORIES: VERUSCHKA | | | | Complete online exhibition: 22 images here | | | I reached Vera on the telephone in New York and she readily agreed to take the short flight from there to Eleuthera in the Bahamas to create photos for sun cosmetics with me.
I had not seen my cousin for a long time, so I was greatly looking forward to meeting her again and we had a lot of fun working together for a whole week. | | | | | | | | | | © Christian von Alvensleben: Veruschka with sequined apple 1976 | | | | | | | The presentation is a part of a series of different "STORIES" from the artist’s archive: alvensleben.com/stories.html | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | © Christian von Alvensleben:
Arrigo and Giuseppe Cipriani at the entrance by the bar, 1974 | | | | | | STORIES: HARRY’S BAR | | | | Complete online exhibition: 33 images here | | | | In 1928, a bartender named Giuseppe Cipriani lent Harry Pickering, a young American tourist, all his savings so that Harry could travel back to the USA. He returned to Venice unexpectedly 2 years later, repaid his debts and enabled the bartender Cipriani to set up his own restaurant. That was the birth of a legend: "HARRY’S BAR" | | | | | | | | | | © Christian von Alvensleben: Up and down to the kitchen on the first floor, 1974 | | | | | | | The presentation is a part of a series of different "STORIES" from the artist’s archive: alvensleben.com/stories.html | | | | | | unsubscribe here
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