WILLIAM WEGMAN (b. 1943),
'Shore (Chip and Bobbin), 1999', 2021
Limited Edition Color Photograph
Digital pigment print on Fuji Crystal Archive Matte paper.
SIGNED by the artist in ink on Magnum label adhered to verso.
Limited edition of unknown size.
Dimensions: 5-1/2" x 5-1/2" (14 x 14 cm) image, 6" x 6" (15.25 x 15.25 cm) paper.
Published by Magnum Photos and Aperture Foundation, New York.
Excellent / Mint condition with no visible defects, never framed or displayed.

This beautifully printed archival print was sold by Magnum for only 7 days in the Fall of 2021. The prints were issued in an un-numbered limited edition (limited to the number of prints purchased during the days in which the sale was open to the public). They were then carefully printed to the highest standards and signed by the photographers. As such, these are sure to become highly collectible photographs given the provenance linking them directly to the Magnum collective and each of the photographers who chose to participate in the event.

William Wegman was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, in 1943. He graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, in 1965 with a BFA in painting, then enrolled in the Masters's painting and printmaking program at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, receiving an MFA in 1967. After teaching at various universities, Wegman's interests in areas beyond painting ultimately led him to photography and the infant medium of video. While living in Long Beach, California, Wegman acquired Man Ray, the dog with whom he began a fruitful twelve-year collaboration. Man Ray became a central figure in Wegman's photography and videos, known in the art world and beyond for his endearing deadpan presence. In 1972, Wegman and Man Ray moved to New York. In 1986, a new dog, Fay Ray, came into Wegman's life, and soon thereafter another famous collaboration began, marked by Wegman's use of the Polaroid 20 x 24 camera. With the birth of Fay's litter in 1989 and her daughter's litter in 1995, Wegman's cast grew.

Wegman's photographs, videos, paintings, and drawings have been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally. A retrospective of Wegman's work traveled to museums throughout Europe and the United States, including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. His most recent exhibitions have gone to Japan, Sweden, and the Orange County Museum of Art in California. Wegman lives in New York and Maine.

Excellent