Biographical / Historical Note
Russian-born artist Alexander Liberman was the influential art director of Vogue magazine
from 1943 to 1962, then editorial director of Condé Nast publications until 1994. As an
artist, Liberman worked in paint, large-scale sculpture, and photography. He photographed
contemporary artists and other cultural figures, friends, family, and historical sites from
about 1925 until 1998. He published several books of his photographs, including The Artist in His Studio (1960, 1988), Campodiglio: Michelangelo's Roman Capitol (1994), and Then: Photographs 1925-1995 (1995).
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