Richard Avedon, ‘Dovima with the elephants, alternate’ 1955
Iconic Photos: “The photograph of Dovima in black was reprinted many times but the image of Dovima in white was printed only once and the negative no longer exists. “It disappeared mysteriously,” Avedon said.”
Smithsonian: ”Richard Avedon’s photograph of a beauty and the beasts is marred, he believed, by one failing”
See also: Avedon’s instructions to his printer