Tim Walker British, b. 1970
Guinevere van Seenus, 20 mattresses and 1 hot water bottle, Fashion: Vivienne Westwood, Glemham Hall, Suffolk, England, 2006
Archival pigment print
Image size: 104.9 x 81.8 cm
Paper size: 120.9 x 97.8 cm
Paper size: 120.9 x 97.8 cm
Accompanied by a signed, titled and editioned label from the artist
Edition of 10 + 2 APs
Literature
Tim was not the first Vogue photographer to gain inspiration from Hans Christian Anderon's fairytale The Princess and the Pea. In the 1950s staying with Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton in her Moroccan palace, John Deakin came across a room piled with mattresses, which gave him an idea for a picture. He ran into a lunch party in full swing. 'All those mattresses - The Princess and the Pea! The princess and the Pea!' he exclaimed jumping up and down. There was an audible gasp form the hostess, who had loathed Deakin on sight but was too polite to banish him. A hush descended on the guests who then made their excuses and left. It was explained to Deakin that had not Miss Hutton once been the Princess Mdvani? And that pea to American ears meant something altogether different...Deakin was asked to leave Tangiers.- PICTURES p.291