Bid to win Robert Wagner & Natalie Wood, Oscar Awards Dinner, 1956 by Frank Worth
Artist: Frank Worth (1923-2000).
Title: Robert Wagner & Natalie Wood, Oscar Awards Dinner, 1956 - Custom Framed Fine Art Print.
Medium: Custom Wood Frame Archival Pigment Print.
Color / Material: Black wood frame.
Numbered Edition: 52 of 195
Description of piece:
Hollywood celebrity photographer, Frank Worth captured the alluring look of Natalie Wood to her husband Robert Wagner at the 1956 Oscar Awards dinner. Years later many would speculate on Natalie Woods death by drowning and the possible culpability of Robert Wagner. This classic image is part of The Frank Worth Collection of glamorous and unpublished Hollywood photographs from 1939-1964. People Magazine chronicled the collection for its cover story, “The Lost Photographs of Hollywood's Golden Years, the Frank Worth Collection.” In the lower right corner is an authorized embossed seal, by the publisher, International Images, London, UK, in 2000.
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 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. By just having fun with his glamorous friends, Frank Worth recorded a vivid personal and private history of Hollywood’s “Golden Age” (1940's to 1950's). The majority of Frank Worth’s work was never published for over a 25-year period. The images are considered by critics to be of unmatched quality, as to the subject and the perspective captured. Christies of London classified them as the finest celebrity images in 50 years. These unrivaled photographs earned Frank Worth in death the recognition he sought to avoid in life.
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