Avis Newcomb

© The Estate of Edward Steichen/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or…
Avis Newcomb
© The Estate of Edward Steichen/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publication.

Avis Newcomb

American fashion model, 20th century
BiographyAs a young woman, Avis Newcomb worked as a fashion model. She appeared in Condé Nast publications in photographs by Edward Steichen and Anton Bruehl, among others. She and Bruehl became friends, and he produced family photographs for her as well as commercial images. Newcomb was the mother of the artist Margo Allman.
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© Anton Bruehl Estate. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction…
American photographer, born in Australia, 1895–1980
© Anton Bruehl Estate. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction…
American and Australian photographer, 1900–1982
© The Alexander Liberman Trust. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for rep…
American sculptor, painter, photographer, editor, and author, 1912–1999
© Artist or Artist's Estate. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reprod…
American sculptor, craftsperson, and decorator, 1872–1941
© Lynda Benglis/ VAGA for ARS, New York, NY. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum…
American video artist, photographer, and sculptor, born 1941