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William Coupon
George Harrison, 1987, from the Rolling Stone Magazine Cover portrait session
1987

Name: George Harrison, 1987, from the Rolling Stone Magazine Cover portrait session
Brand: William Coupon

$2,500List Price

About the Item

George Harrison, 1987 Edition 4/40 Signed "Of all places I was vacationing in Santa Fe, New Mexico when I got the call from Rolling Stone Magazine to photograph the Beatle, George Harrison, in the Warner Brothers Studios in Los Angeles. Only thing was, all my equipment was back in New York. So I had an assistant get in and bring everything to LA and there I met George. I set up and meet the man, the incredible George Harrison. The musician who had sat for everybody and had been shot in every conceivable outfit. But I found a wonderful dark cloak jacket, kind of a smock. George certainly could have been more friendly ~ bordering on being a curmudgeon. This was slightly disappointing. I remember talking about ELO and Jeff Lynn with him, which George made clear who came first. I had him work with his hands and got the shot I loved so much. Eyes closed. Eyes open." - William Coupon William Coupon has worked extensively in commercial photography and film for over 35 years. Among is most notable work are photographs of Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, which were “Person of the Year” covers for Time Magazine, Yasser Arafat, George Harrison, Mick Jagger and Miles Davis. Newsweek covers include Michael Ovitz and Jerry Garcia. Rolling Stone Magazine covers include Mick Jagger, George Harrison, Jerry Garcia, and Neil Young. Coupon became interested in formal studio portraits in 1979 while observing it’s lower Manhattan youth and its present counter-culture, and decided early on to use a single-light source and simple mottled backdrop, and when needed, would set this up as a portable studio, one highly mobile. This was then used to document global sub-cultures. Many of the projects – referred to as "Social Studies" – became documents of indigenous people. These include projects on Haiti, Australian Aboriginals, Native Americans, Scandinavian Laplanders, Israeli Druzim, Moroccan Berbers, Alaskan Yupik, Spanish Gypsies, Turkish Kurds, Central African Pygmy, and Panamanian Cuna and Chocoe. Stylistically, they were always photographed formally on the backdrop, and contextually, or environmentally, with 2 1/4 Rolleiflex black and white images, which were meant to be companions to the studio portraits.

Creator:
William Coupon (1952, American)
Creation Year:
1987
Dimensions:
Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 14 in (35.56 cm)
More Editions & Sizes:
18 x 18, Edition of 30Price: $3,00024 x 24, Edition of 25Price: $5,00036 x 36, Edition of 15Price: $7,00048 x 48, Edition of 10Price: $12,000
Medium:
Archival Pigment
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
1980-1989
Condition:
Image is printed 14" x 14" on 18" x 24" fine art paper.
Gallery Location:
Santa Fe, NM
Reference Number:
Seller: WC-GH21stDibs: LU75033379433

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