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Truman Capote, Gore Vidal, Norman Mailer...William Wegman

1985
Not on view
In Wegman’s photographs, videos, and drawings of the late 1960s and 70s, pithy, often humorous actions are staged for the viewer and recorded by photographic medium or simple no. 2 pencils. After a few years in Madison, Wisconsin and Los Angeles, Wegman moved to New York in 1972. The following year, using graphite on clean sheets of typewriter paper, the artist began to draw dozens of amusing, deadpan images. Usually captioned to enforce the humor within them, these works on paper reflect and further illuminate Wegman’s infectious, off-beat sensibility, and form a vital part of his artistic practice, just as the actions and gestures he staged for the camera with his beloved Weimaraner Man Ray.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Truman Capote, Gore Vidal, Norman Mailer...William Wegman
  • Artist: William Wegman (American, born 1943)
  • Date: 1985
  • Medium: Graphite on paper
  • Dimensions: 8 7/16 × 10 15/16 in. (21.5 × 27.8 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2017
  • Object Number: 2017.430.3
  • Rights and Reproduction: © William Wegman, Courtesy of the Artist
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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Selected Works: Reel 1, William Wegman American, Single-channel digital video, transferred from video tape, black-and-white, sound, 30 min., 12 sec.
Selected Works: Reel 1
William Wegman
1970–71
Raise Treat, William Wegman American, Single-channel digital video, transferred from Sony AV 3600 1/2-inch video tape, black-and-white, sound, 30 sec.
Raise Treat
William Wegman
1972–73
Dancing Tape, William Wegman American, Single-channel digital video, transferred from Panasonic 1/2-inch video tape, black-and-white, sound, 5 min., 29 sec.
Dancing Tape
William Wegman
1974–75
Down Time, William Wegman American, Single-channel digital video, transferred from Sony AV 3600 1/2-inch video tape, black-and-white, sound, 37 sec.
Down Time
William Wegman
1973–74
Name Board, William Wegman American, Single-channel digital video, transferred from Sony AV 3600 1/2-inch video tape, black-and-white, sound, 4 min., 41 sec.
Name Board
William Wegman
1972

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