William Wegman (*1943)
Untitled, 1987
Wegman, who was known primarily for conceptual video work and small-format photography, was invited by the Polaroid Corporation in 1979 to use their newly developed 20x24 inch camera. Less convinced, he went to Boston and took his first colour photos of his Weimaraner dog Man Ray. The ironic stagings in large format, which he produced in large numbers in succession, were to make him one of the most famous representatives of post-modern photography.
In 1986, four years after Man Ray’s death, Wegman got a new dog of the same breed and named her Fay Ray, and she became a star of his photos as well. With her descendants, he worked with Polaroid's 20x24 inch camera until the company stopped producing films in 2007.
PolaColor 20x24, print date: Vintage / Unique
Image dimensions ca. 61 x 51 cm (61 x 51 inch)
Object dimensions ca. 76 x 56 cm (76 x 56 inch)
Mounting, Framing Mounted in black metal frame c. 90 x 70 cm
Annotations
Former Polaroid Coll. no. »87:789:36« on the reverse
Literature
Achim Heine, Rebekka Reuter, Ulrike Willingmann (ed.), From Polaroid to Impossible, Masterpieces of Instant Photography - WestLicht Collection, Ostfildern 2011, S. 41, p. 42-43.
Prints / Studiofotografie / Tier /
