Mary Jane Russell shows off a veil for Flair magazine, New York 1951. Mary Jane was a leading fashion model in the 1940s and 50s. Despite being just 5ft 6in, she had classic model features - and no shortage of work. She died in 2003 at the age of 77. Shawn Waldron said of Vaccaro: 'The incredible thing about Tony is that only now, at 95 years old, we are beginning to fully appreciate, and mine the depths, of his life's work. For a curator, and collectors alike, it is very exciting'