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Photograph
1977 (photography)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bob Gruen (1945) is a renowned photographer of rock groups, particularly important in his documenting the Punk and New Wave scenes of England and America in the mid 1970s. His photography career started with photographs of Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, and has included Ike and Tina Turner, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and Madonna.

This photograph shows Sid Vicious realxing with a drink. However, he still feels the need to play up to the camera, winking and sneering disdainfully at the photographer.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleJamie Reid archive (popular title)
Materials and techniques
photography and gelatin-silver process
Brief description
Black and white medium shot photograph of Sid Vicious taken by Bob Gruen, Jamie Reid archive
Physical description
Medium shot black and white photograph of Sid Vicious in black string vest, wearing padlock chain around his neck and winking his right eye.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.3cm
  • Width: 20.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • © COPYRIGHT BOB GRUEN 1977 / 163 WEST ST., N. Y. 10014
  • Transliteration
Subjects depicted
Summary
Bob Gruen (1945) is a renowned photographer of rock groups, particularly important in his documenting the Punk and New Wave scenes of England and America in the mid 1970s. His photography career started with photographs of Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, and has included Ike and Tina Turner, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and Madonna.

This photograph shows Sid Vicious realxing with a drink. However, he still feels the need to play up to the camera, winking and sneering disdainfully at the photographer.
Collection
Accession number
S.892-1990

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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