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Artist: Frank Worth (1923-2000)
Title: Frank Sinatra with T-Bird, 1956
Year created: 1956
Medium: Archival Pigment Print
Edition: Open Edition
Height (inches): 44
Width (inches): 48
This piece is unframed.
Description of piece:
Frank Sinatra Standing with T-Bird taken in 1956 by Frank Worth, Hollywood photographer and is part of The Frank Worth Collection of Glamorous and unpublished Hollywood Photographs from his time in Hollywood 1939-1964. Frank Sinatra bought the T-Bird as a gift for his then girlfriend, actress Ava Gardner. People Magazine chronicled it for its cover story, “The Lost Photographs of Hollywood's Golden Years, the Frank Worth Collection.” The print comes with an authorized Certificate of Authenticity, embossed with the estates seal, with the image, size and title inscribed.
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 like James Dean, Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and many more, who invited him to their homes or private parties to photograph them. To sell photos of these stars in a commercial way, he felt would betray their friendship and confidence in him, something he steadfastly refused to do. When he died, relatives discovered a collection of images that were more extraordinary than could be imagined, a recorded a personal and private vivid history of the last golden age of Hollywood (1940's - 1950's) 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.