This is a 20" x 16" (18.5” x 12.5” image size) gelatin silver print of Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, and Chuck Wein, 1965 by Burt Glinn, an estate print with Glinn’s blind stamp on recto (front left margin) and estate signature (Elena Glinn) on verso (in pencil on back). Printed: 2023.
Burt Glinn's most iconic images from the 1960s: A black-and-white photograph of pop artist Andy Warhol, singer Edie Sedgwick, and her manager Chuck Wein emerging from a manhole in a New York City, 1965
The image was shot in New York City and remains an important work in 20th century photography.
Print provenance: Photographer's archive
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Artist's Bio:
Born 1925 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, photographer Burt Glinn worked for LIFE magazine before joining Magnum photo agency. He photographed personalities throughout the 1950s and 60s, continuing to work commercially and editorially for more than five decades in the US and abroad on assignment, until his death in 2008.
The artist photographed revolutionary leader Fidel Castro entrance into Havana, Cuba, celebrity and art luminaries such as Andy Warhol and Helen Frankenthaler. Subject matter included the social scene of the rich, the dirtiness of politics, and the humorous. Glinn received numerous awards for his editorial and commercial photography.
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