Roger Fritz (1936-2021) - Elke Sommer (meadow), Niederndorf 1982
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Roger Fritz’s signed 2018 C-print, “Elke Sommer (meadow), Niederndorf 1982”, is from an edition of 50 and measures 15 × 22.4 cm.
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Roger Fritz (1936 - 2021), Elke Sommer (meadow), Niederndorf, 1982/2018.
C-Print on glossy paper, sheet size: 15 x 22.4 cm. Edition 50, signed, dated, titled. (Numbering differs from the photo).
Good condition, adhesive strip for the matting is present.
About
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982) is one of the most influential German film directors, screenwriters and actors of the New German Cinema, and with his socially critical works he left a lasting mark on international film history. His uncompromising visual language, psychologically complex characters and numerous portraits of important personalities make his work to this day a firm part of film art, cultural history and collections of the 20th century.
Biography
Roger Fritz (1936–2021) was a German photographer, film director, actor and producer who documented the cultural life of the second half of the 20th century with his striking artist portraits and reportage. For renowned magazines such as Stern, Quick, Vogue, Bunte, Jours de France and Münchner Illustrierte, he portrayed international figures from film, art, literature, music and politics in a distinctive photographic language.
As an actor, director and producer of around 40 films, Fritz himself moved at the center of the European cultural scene. His proximity to figures such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Luchino Visconti or Gian Carlo Menotti enabled unusually personal and authentic photographs that are today regarded as significant testimonies of culture and film history.
Already as a youth, Fritz was repeatedly awarded for his photographic works, among others at Photokina (1954 and 1956). After his training at UFA, he co-founded the legendary magazine twen, received the German Film Prize for Mädchen, Mädchen in 1967, and was later honored with the Lead Award (2007) and the German Independence Honorary Award (2011). His photographs and artist portraits are highly sought-after collectibles and document the international art and cultural scene of the 20th century.
Roger Fritz (1936 - 2021), Elke Sommer (meadow), Niederndorf, 1982/2018.
C-Print on glossy paper, sheet size: 15 x 22.4 cm. Edition 50, signed, dated, titled. (Numbering differs from the photo).
Good condition, adhesive strip for the matting is present.
About
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982) is one of the most influential German film directors, screenwriters and actors of the New German Cinema, and with his socially critical works he left a lasting mark on international film history. His uncompromising visual language, psychologically complex characters and numerous portraits of important personalities make his work to this day a firm part of film art, cultural history and collections of the 20th century.
Biography
Roger Fritz (1936–2021) was a German photographer, film director, actor and producer who documented the cultural life of the second half of the 20th century with his striking artist portraits and reportage. For renowned magazines such as Stern, Quick, Vogue, Bunte, Jours de France and Münchner Illustrierte, he portrayed international figures from film, art, literature, music and politics in a distinctive photographic language.
As an actor, director and producer of around 40 films, Fritz himself moved at the center of the European cultural scene. His proximity to figures such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Luchino Visconti or Gian Carlo Menotti enabled unusually personal and authentic photographs that are today regarded as significant testimonies of culture and film history.
Already as a youth, Fritz was repeatedly awarded for his photographic works, among others at Photokina (1954 and 1956). After his training at UFA, he co-founded the legendary magazine twen, received the German Film Prize for Mädchen, Mädchen in 1967, and was later honored with the Lead Award (2007) and the German Independence Honorary Award (2011). His photographs and artist portraits are highly sought-after collectibles and document the international art and cultural scene of the 20th century.
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Date of print
2018
Artist
Roger Fritz (1936-2021)
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Title of artwork
Elke Sommer (meadow), Niederndorf 1982
Condition
Fine
Technique
C-Print
Height
15 cm
Edition
50
Width
22.4 cm
Signature
Signed
Genre
Fine art photography
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