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Authors, works and languages of the image
Mark Shaw
Vanity Fair Butterfly Robe Arm Out, 1955

"Vanity Fair Butterfly Robe Arm Out", 1955. © Mark Shaw.
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Introduction
Originally commissioned as part of a vast, decade-long advertising campaign for the lingerie brand Vanity Fair, the image immediately transcends its promotional purpose to transform into a formal and poetic investigation of movement, light, and the plasticity of the female body.
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