Man with Bandage
50.8 cms x 74.9 cms (20 ins x 29.5 ins)
On verso signed, titled, editioned 1/20 and dated 1968 and 2009
drawn in 1968
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "September 2020 Online auction" held on Thu, Sep 24, 2020.
Lot 408
Lot 408
Estimate: CAD $4,000 - $6,000
Realised: CAD $25,000
Realised: CAD $25,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
Private Collection, Vancouver
Exhibitions:
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Fred Herzog: Locations, November 4 - December 12, 2009, same image
C/O Berlin, Fred Herzog: Photographs, November 6, 2010 - January 9, 2011, same image
Equinox Gallery, Fred Herzog: A Retrospective, January 28 - April 28, 2012, same image
C/O Berlin, Eyes Wide Open! 100 Years of Leica Photography, August 22 - November 1, 2015, same image, traveling
Literature:
Andy Sylvester, Fred Herzog: Locations, Equinox Gallery, 2009, reproduced front cover and page 11
Claudia Gochmann et al., Fred Herzog: Photographs, 2011, unpaginated, reproduced
David Campany et al., Fred Herzog: Modern Color, 2017, page 6, reproduced pages 38 and 39
Geoff Dyer, "The Odd, Otherworldly Glow of Fred Herzog's Photography," The New York Times Magazine, December 14, 2017, reproduced
Hadani Ditmars, "Vancouver Street Photographer Fred Herzog has Died, Age 88," The Art Newspaper, September 12, 2019
Notes:
Fred Herzog occupies an important place in the history of Street Photography, and Geoff Dyer suggests in the New York Times Magazine that “Man with Bandage” might justifiably be called Herzog’s signature shot. It is a great example of Herzog’s technique of not staging his shots, but capturing the right moment by shooting in a split second. This work was shot from the hip, for the motion of raising the camera to the eye would have caught the awareness of the subjects, and the moment would have been lost.
An edition of this work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, and Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco.
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
Private Collection, Vancouver
Exhibitions:
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Fred Herzog: Locations, November 4 - December 12, 2009, same image
C/O Berlin, Fred Herzog: Photographs, November 6, 2010 - January 9, 2011, same image
Equinox Gallery, Fred Herzog: A Retrospective, January 28 - April 28, 2012, same image
C/O Berlin, Eyes Wide Open! 100 Years of Leica Photography, August 22 - November 1, 2015, same image, traveling
Literature:
Andy Sylvester, Fred Herzog: Locations, Equinox Gallery, 2009, reproduced front cover and page 11
Claudia Gochmann et al., Fred Herzog: Photographs, 2011, unpaginated, reproduced
David Campany et al., Fred Herzog: Modern Color, 2017, page 6, reproduced pages 38 and 39
Geoff Dyer, "The Odd, Otherworldly Glow of Fred Herzog's Photography," The New York Times Magazine, December 14, 2017, reproduced
Hadani Ditmars, "Vancouver Street Photographer Fred Herzog has Died, Age 88," The Art Newspaper, September 12, 2019
Notes:
Fred Herzog occupies an important place in the history of Street Photography, and Geoff Dyer suggests in the New York Times Magazine that “Man with Bandage” might justifiably be called Herzog’s signature shot. It is a great example of Herzog’s technique of not staging his shots, but capturing the right moment by shooting in a split second. This work was shot from the hip, for the motion of raising the camera to the eye would have caught the awareness of the subjects, and the moment would have been lost.
An edition of this work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, and Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.