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Julian Wasser
Joan Didion, 1968

2022

$11,000
£8,293.30
€9,698.33
CA$15,569.43
A$15,849.70
CHF 9,127.60
MX$191,003.67
NOK 105,945.97
SEK 106,892.94
DKK 72,487.93

About the Item

Joan Didion photographed by Julian Wasser for TIME magazine in 1968. This is a 20 x 24 inch platinum print made in 2022 at Weldon Labs in Los Angeles made from the original 1968 negative. This is edition 3 of 15 and signed on recto. The print is floating in a white maple frame with UV plexiglas. Please note that the photos are for reference only. Edition 3 through 15 of 15 are signed on an artist signature label rather on the on the front of the print seen in the photo carousel. Background on the TIME photoshoot - Wasser shot Didion at her rented house on Franklin Avenue in Hollywood, where she lived with her husband, the writer John Gregory Dunne, and their daughter, Quintana Roo. They started the shoot inside the house, and then moved outside where Wasser posed Didion with her recently acquired yellow Corvette Stingray. Didion has said that the photograph with Quintana Roo on her lap was her favorite, but the shots with the Stingray and the indoor three-quarter portrait became such icons of style that they inspired the fashion house Celine to do a campaign with the model Daria Werbowy posing in the window of a car just like Didion.
  • Creator:
    Julian Wasser (American)
  • Creation Year:
    2022
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)
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  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1559215075292

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