Addicted Art Gallery

Barbie 50th Anniversary, New York

DescriptionMedium: Printed by Weldon Color Lab on Fujicolor Crystal Archive Digital Pearl Paper (chromogenic print), signed by the artistEdition:

Small Format: Limited to 50

Medium Format: Limited to 25

Large Format: Limited to 12

Size:

Small Format: 50.8cm x 61.0cm

Medium Format: 84.1cm x 101.6cm

Large Format: 125.6cm x 152.4cm

Year: 2009Good To Know: Printed to order, artwork is shipped directly from the artist's studioArty-Fact: Barbie was founded in 1959 by Ruth Handler, a mother and visionary entrepreneur, whose inspiration for Barbie came from watching her daughter project her dreams and aspirations onto paper dolls.Recognising a gap in the market, which only offered baby dolls for girls to imagine themselves as caregivers, Ruth invented the fashion doll category with a three-dimensional doll that girls could use to imagine their future selves.Ruth’s philosophy behind Barbie was that through the doll a little girl could be anything she wanted to be and that she has choices.Over the brand’s 60 years, Barbie has empowered girls to imagine themselves in aspirational roles from a princess to president.Award-winning international fashion / celebrity photographer Markus Klinko was asked by Mattel to capture the timeless icon for her 50th anniversary, alongside her human doppelgänger.