Self Portrait

William Wegman
$90.00
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Frames ship to U.S. addresses only. Framed prints ship in 2–4 weeks and are final sale. Full framing details

Add Custom Frame

Frames ship to U.S. addresses only. Framed prints ship in 2–4 weeks and are final sale. Full framing details

Add Custom Frame

Frames ship to U.S. addresses only. Framed prints ship in 2–4 weeks and are final sale. Full framing details

Add Custom Frame

Frames ship to U.S. addresses only. Framed prints ship in 2–4 weeks and are final sale. Full framing details
Artist Statement

Self Portrait stars Batty, one of my most photographed dogs. Batty was particularly skilled at holding any pose no matter how far-fetched. I especially like the way her beautiful ears faced the lens when I photographed her, which you can really see in Self Portrait. Self Portrait was originally shot with the Polaroid 20 x 24 camera in 1995.

Why We Love It

"Bill’s been photographing his Weimaraners for more than forty years now, with the personalities of each playing an important role in the pictures that he makes of them. He describes Yoga as being his idea of a yoga pose, but also admits that it was probably Batty’s idea to start with. And then there’s Self Portrait, which we called “Batty in the Frame” as we worked on image selection and proofing, but was transformed into something else entirely once named … in this instance perhaps it’s not that exactly that Batty was running the show, but rather that Bill sees himself reflected back at him through the image they created together" ... Read more from Jen Bekman on the blog!

Details

+ This edition is not eligible for discount.
+ Limited-edition, exclusive to 20x200
+ Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper unless noted
+ Signed + numbered certificate of authenticity included
+ Directly supports the artist
+ Handcrafted custom-framing is available

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

Medium

Innova Fibaprint Warm Cotton Gloss

Edition Structure:
10"x8" | edition of 100 
14"x11" | edition of 500
20"x16" | edition of 50
30"x24" | edition of 10
Artist - William Wegman

William Wegman

A pioneer video artist, conceptualist, photographer, painter and writer, William Wegman moves fluidly among various media: from conceptual works to commissioned magazine shots; videos shown in museums to television segments made for Sesame Street and Saturday Night Live; artists' books to children's books and from photographic collaborations with his Weimaraner muses to his most recent cycle of paintings combining found postcards with drawing, collage and painting. Recent exhibitions of his work include William Wegman and California Conceptualism at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and William Wegman: Being Human, a traveling exhibition of thirty years of photographic work. Learn more about William through our In the Studio interview!