Roger Fritz (1936-2021) - Sigi Sommer, Munich 1960
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Roger Fritz’s signed C-print Sigi Sommer, Munich 1960 was printed in 2018 in an edition of 50 and measures 15 × 22.4 cm.
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Roger Fritz (1936 - 2021), Sigi Sommer, 1960/2018.
C-Print on glossy paper, sheet format: 15 x 22.4 cm. Edition 50, signed, dated, titled. (Numbering differs from the photo).
Good condition, mounting strip for the frame mat present.
About
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982) ranks among the most influential German film directors, screenwriters and actors of the New German Cinema and left a lasting mark on international film history with his socially critical works. His uncompromising visual language, psychologically intricate characters and numerous portraits of important personalities keep his work a enduring part of film art, cultural history and 20th-century collections.
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 through his striking artist portraits and reportage. For renowned magazines such as Stern, Quick, Vogue, Bunte, Jours de France and Munich’s 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 closeness to figures such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Luchino Visconti or Gian Carlo Menotti enabled him to produce exceptionally personal and authentic shots that today are regarded as significant testimonies of cultural and film history.
Already as a youth, Fritz was repeatedly awarded for his photographic work, including at Photokina (1954 and 1956). After his training at UFA, he was co-founder of the legendary magazine twen, received the German Film Prize in 1967 for Mädchen, Mädchen and was later honored with, among others, the Lead Award (2007) as well as the German Independence Honorary Award (2011). His photographs and artist portraits are today sought-after collectibles and document the international art and cultural scene of the 20th century.
Roger Fritz (1936 - 2021), Sigi Sommer, 1960/2018.
C-Print on glossy paper, sheet format: 15 x 22.4 cm. Edition 50, signed, dated, titled. (Numbering differs from the photo).
Good condition, mounting strip for the frame mat present.
About
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982) ranks among the most influential German film directors, screenwriters and actors of the New German Cinema and left a lasting mark on international film history with his socially critical works. His uncompromising visual language, psychologically intricate characters and numerous portraits of important personalities keep his work a enduring part of film art, cultural history and 20th-century collections.
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 through his striking artist portraits and reportage. For renowned magazines such as Stern, Quick, Vogue, Bunte, Jours de France and Munich’s 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 closeness to figures such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Luchino Visconti or Gian Carlo Menotti enabled him to produce exceptionally personal and authentic shots that today are regarded as significant testimonies of cultural and film history.
Already as a youth, Fritz was repeatedly awarded for his photographic work, including at Photokina (1954 and 1956). After his training at UFA, he was co-founder of the legendary magazine twen, received the German Film Prize in 1967 for Mädchen, Mädchen and was later honored with, among others, the Lead Award (2007) as well as the German Independence Honorary Award (2011). His photographs and artist portraits are today 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
Sigi Sommer, Munich 1960
Condition
Fine
Technique
C-Print
Height
15 cm
Edition
50
Width
22.4 cm
Signature
Signed
Genre
Fine art photography
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