5th Jun, 2024 18:00

OSTLICHT PHOTO AUCTION SPRING 2024

 
  Lot 82
 

BOB WILLOUGHBY (1927–2009)
Frank Sinatra, Hollywood 1955

Estimate
€900 - €1,200
 

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Lot details

Start price: €600

Estimate: € 900–1.200

English:

Lambda print after the chromogenic negative, printed in 2003 on Fujicolor Professional paper 40,6 x 30,3 cm, in excellent condition. Photographer's typographic copyright label with the series' title "Frank Sinatra" and handwritten caption, date of exposure and signed in black ink on the reverse. LITERATURE Bob Willoughby, Frank Sinatra, Berlin 2003.

After his early successes, which made Frank Sinatra the musical idol of the world war generation, he experienced a crisis at the beginning of the 1950s. It was mainly in films that the star re-gained popularity. This portrait was taken while working on Otto Preminger's film about a drug addict in Chicago's slums, "The Man with the Golden Arm". As the session had gone well, Sinatra was in high spirits when he and Willoughby visited a small park next to the studio.

Deutsch:

Lambda-Print nach dem chromogenen Originalnegativ, geprintet 2003 auf Fujicolor Professional Paper 40,6 x 30,3 cm, in ausgezeichnetem Zustand. Rückseitig typografisches Copyrightlabel des Fotografen mit Serientitel "Frank Sinatra" sowie handschriftlich Bildtitel, Aufnahmedatum und Signatur mit schwarzer Tinte. LITERATURE Bob Willoughby, Frank Sinatra, Berlin 2003.

Nach frühen Erfolgen, mit denen Frank Sinatra zum musikalischen Idol der Weltkriegsgeneration wurde, erlebte er Anfang der 1950er eine Krise. Es waren vor allem Filme, mit denen der Star wieder neue Popularität gewann. Die Aufnahme entstand während der Arbeit an Otto Premingers Film über einen Rauschgiftsüchtigen im Elendsviertel von Chicago "Der Mann mit dem goldenen Arm". Da die Session gut gelaufen war, hatte Sinatra beste Laune, als er mit Willoughby einen kleinen Park neben dem Studio besuchte.

Size: 38 x 25,1 cm

 

Auction: OSTLICHT PHOTO AUCTION SPRING 2024, 5th Jun, 2024

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