

33
Thurston Hopkins
Make Up Mirror
- Estimate
- $2,000 - 3,000
Lot Details
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
1953
14 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (36.2 x 46.4 cm)
Signed and numbered 26/50 in ink in the margin.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
In the August of 1953, Thurston Hopkins captured Judy Dunlop as she was preparing for the Holiday Girl Beauty Competition at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. The playful image, offered here, showcases the sophistication of the era and glamour of the occasion, while subverting traditional compositional norms.
Provenance
Literature