PHILIP TOWNSEND 'TWIGGY' SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH ED 3/50

PHILIP TOWNSEND (BRITISH, 1940�2016) SILVER GELATIN PRINT ON PAPER, TITLED "TWIGGY", NEGATIVE CAPTURED 1967, PRINTED CIRCA 2000S, SIGNED "PHILIP TOWNSEND" IN INK LOWER RIGHT, NUMBERED 3/50 AND BEARING ARTIST EMBOSSED BLINDSTAMP LOWER LEFT DEPICTS ICONIC 1960S BRITISH SUPERMODEL TWIGGY BEARING EXHIBITION DOCUMENTATION VERSO FOR THE HISTORIC FIRST CANADIAN SHOWING "SORRY YOU MISSED THE '60S" AT DALE SMITH GALLERY, OTTAWA (MAY 6 � JUNE 10, 2007) PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, OTTAWA; DALE SMITH GALLERY, OTTAWA (2007) 17.625 X 14 IN PLATE 29.75 X 24.5 IN FRAMED PHILIP TOWNSEND (1940�2016) STANDS AS ONE OF THE DEFINITIVE VISUAL CHRONICLERS OF "SWINGING SIXTIES" LONDON, RENOWNED FOR CAPTURING THE INITIAL OFFICIAL PORTRAITS OF THE ROLLING STONES, THE BEATLES, AND THE MOD FASHION VANGUARD BEFORE RETIRING FROM PHOTOGRAPHY IN 1969. REDISCOVERED IN THE EARLY 2000S, HIS ARCHIVE OF OVER 25,000 IMAGES CONSTITUTES AN INDISPENSABLE CULTURAL TIME CAPSULE. THIS CELEBRATED 1967 PORTRAIT OF TWIGGY EPITOMIZES THE SPIRIT OF CARNABY STREET YOUTH REVOLUTION, REPRESENTED IN MAJOR PUBLIC ARCHIVES INCLUDING THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY (LONDON) AND THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM.