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TURBEVILLE, DEBORAH. 1932–2013. Archive of negatives, contact sheets, prints and Christmas Cards, from Turbeville's Xavier Hair Salon and Black Velvet Dress shoots, image 1
TURBEVILLE, DEBORAH. 1932–2013. Archive of negatives, contact sheets, prints and Christmas Cards, from Turbeville's Xavier Hair Salon and Black Velvet Dress shoots, image 2
TURBEVILLE, DEBORAH. 1932–2013. Archive of negatives, contact sheets, prints and Christmas Cards, from Turbeville's Xavier Hair Salon and Black Velvet Dress shoots, image 3
TURBEVILLE, DEBORAH. 1932–2013. Archive of negatives, contact sheets, prints and Christmas Cards, from Turbeville's Xavier Hair Salon and Black Velvet Dress shoots, image 4
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TURBEVILLE, DEBORAH. 1932–2013.
Archive of negatives, contact sheets, prints and Christmas Cards, from Turbeville's Xavier Hair Salon and Black Velvet Dress shoots,

5 December 2019, 10:00 EST
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TURBEVILLE, DEBORAH. 1932–2013.

Archive of negatives, contact sheets, prints and Christmas Cards, from Turbeville's Xavier Hair Salon and Black Velvet Dress shoots, comprising:
1. From Xavier Hair Salon photo shoot (Fall 1974): 14 envelopes (numbered in pencil #1-14, and one number 8a) each containing approximately 6 negative strips, 14 contact sheets, 2 poster prints on 11 x 17 paper, 4 Xavier Couiffures Christmas cards (by Turbeville), 4 transparencies of Christmas card image.
2. From Black Dress photo shoot (1975): 15 original gelatin silver prints (4 duplicates), mostly 8 x 10 inches; 10 envelopes (numbered in pencil #1-10) each containing approximately 6 negative strips, collection of loose negatives and 3 small prints, Black Dress Xavier New York Christmas card.
3. Original photographic Deborah Turbeville Christmas card, INSCRIBED "to a very good 1975/ Deborah Turbeville," slight warping.

A collection of material documenting two photo shoots shot on location at Xavier Coiffures on West 57th Street. Diana Vreeland in her book Allure (1980; p.207) commented on the work, "now this is new — doesn't this picture look exactly like a brothel? What fascinates me is that this is an advertisement. If you take a picture of four girls sitting around in a washroom ... and then use it to sell hair — you've got to say that's funny or you'd go out of your mind."

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