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ANNIE LEIBOVITZ | BETTE MIDLER, NEW YORK CITY
Auction Closed
June 27, 03:32 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
b. 1949
BETTE MIDLER, NEW YORK CITY
with edition 5/10 in pencil on the reverse
mural-sized archival pigment print
38¼ x 38¼ in.; 97.2 x 97.2 cm
1979, printed in 2010, this work is number 5 from an edition of 10.
This work is accompanied by the photographer's 'The Master Set' label, signed in ink by the artist.
Timothy White, 'The Rose: Bette Midler Conquers Hollywood,' Rolling Stone, 13 December 1979, cover, variant illustrated
Photographs: Annie Leibovitz, 1970-1990, New York 1991, p. 124, illustrated
Annie Leibovitz at Work, New York 2008, p. 53, illustrated
Bette Midler became recognized as a gay icon in the 1970s after frequently performing at the Continental Baths, a gay bathhouse in New York City. A variant of this image, taken after she starred in the film The Rose, was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine dated December 13, 1979.