Sale
2229
Photographs
7 December 2009
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
DAVID BAILEY (b. 1938)
Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski, 1969
gelatin silver print, printed 1988
signed in ink, typed title and date on labels affixed (on the reverse of the frame)
33¼ x 33in. (84.4 x 83.8cm.)
With Hamiltons, London
In 'Goodbye Baby and Amen' this photograph is captioned 'The imperfect couple... They became part of the Anti-Establishment establishment. They became rich but never regal.'
This print is unique in this size and was made for the 1989 traveling exhibition The Art of Photography: 150 years, 1839-1989. shown at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and The Australian National Gallery, Canberra. This print was not exhibited at the Royal Academy, another venue on the tour, but was reproduced in the exhibition catalogue.