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Jamie Reid archive

Photograph
1977 (photographed)
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 of the Sex Pistols was taken by Bob Gruen in 1977, when they were visiting Luxembourg to record a show.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Jamie Reid archive (named collection)
  • The SEX PISTOLS Meet BOB GRUEN (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Photography and gelatin silver process
Brief description
Black and white medium shot photograph of the Sex Pistols taken by Bob Gruen. Jamie Reid archive.
Physical description
Black and white medium shot photograph of (left to right) Paul Cook, Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious, kicking his foot up at the camera, and Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.2cm
  • Width: 25.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • © COPYRIGHT BOB GRUEN 1977 / 163 WEST ST., N. Y. 10014
  • The SEX PISTOLS Meet BOB GRUEN (Written in blue pen on the white border of the photograph, most likely by Jamie Reid.)
  • 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 of the Sex Pistols was taken by Bob Gruen in 1977, when they were visiting Luxembourg to record a show.
Collection
Accession number
S.905-1990

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Record createdJuly 15, 2009
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