Artist: Frank Worth (1923-2000)
Title: "Frank Sinatra in his Classic T-Bird, 1955" Photography by Frank Worth
Medium: Archival Pigment Print
Year: 1955
Edition: Open edition
Height (inches): 48
Width (inches): 40
This piece is unframed.
Description of piece:
“Frank Sinatra in his classic T bird" was actually purchased as a gift for his then girlfriend, Ava Gardner. The car today has been fully restored by a New Jersey car aficionado. This fine art print was shot by famous Hollywood celebrity photographer, Frank Worth. It is part of The Frank Worth Collection of Hollywood's Golden Years,” 1939-1964 which People Magazine chronicled for its cover story, “¬The Lost Photographs of Hollywood's Golden Years, the Frank Worth Collection.”
Artist bio:
Frank Worth (1923–2000) received his first assignment from International News Service (INS) in New York City. He was assigned to photograph actors and actresses as they arrived at Grand Central Station getting off the California Express train. This was his introduction to Hollywood and he left New York to pursue his fascination with the stars he met and those he befriended, including James Dean, Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Ronald & Nancy Reagan and many more, who invited him to their homes or private parties to photograph them. Worth steadfastly refused to sell photos of the stars he photographed commercially, feeling that would betray their friendship and confidence in him. When he died in poverty, relatives discovered a collection of images that were more extraordinary than could be imagined, a recorded, personal and private vivid history of the last golden age of Hollywood (1940's to 1950's) all created by just having fun with his glamorous friends. The majority of his work was never published over a 25-year period and are considered by critics to be of unmatched quality as to the subject and the perspective captured. Christies of London classified them the finest celebrity images in 50 years. These unrivaled photographs earned Frank Worth in death the recognition he sought to avoid in life.
Includes a certificate of authenticity