Art Edition of 100 signed and numbered copies, each with signed gelatin silver print Biker Couple
Dennis Hopper. Photographs 1961–1967, Art Edition
Edition of 100
Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in., hardcover volume in clamshell box, 13 x 17.3 in., 546 pages
US$ 14,000
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Legendary Hollywood rebel Dennis Hopper was the very epitome of 1960s West Coast cool. When he wasn’t himself wowing on screen, he captured all the excitement, glamour, and fame of his era on camera. This collection brings together his best photographs from 1961 to 1967 in a Technicolor journal through film sets, parties, diners, freeways, girlfriends, pop stars, and more.
Art Edition of 100 signed and numbered copies, each with signed gelatin silver print Biker Couple
Art Edition of 100 signed and numbered copies, each with signed gelatin silver print Biker Couple
Hopper, Dennis Hopper
A reluctant icon captures a decade of cultural transformation
During the 1960s, Dennis Hopper (1936–2010) carried a camera everywhere—on film sets and locations, at parties, in diners, bars and galleries, driving on freeways, and walking in political marches. He photographed movie idols, pop stars, writers, artists, girlfriends, and complete strangers. Along the way he captured some of the most intriguing moments of his generation with a keen and intuitive eye.From a selection of photographs compiled by Hopper and gallerist Tony Shafrazi—more than a third of them previously unpublished—this extensive Art Edition distills the essence of Hopper’s prodigious photographic career, documenting the likes of Tina Turner in the studio, Andy Warhol at his first West Coast show, Paul Newman on set, and Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
In many ways this work is photography as film, a poignant narrative expressed through a series of stark images—early shots of Tijuana bullfights, LA happenings, and urban street scenes show an experimental freedom that would translate into the vivid cinematic imagery of Easy Rider and beyond.
The images are accompanied by introductory essays from Tony Shafrazi and legendary West Coast art pioneer Walter Hopps, as well as an extensive biography by journalist Jessica Hundley. With excerpts from Victor Bockris’s interviews of Hopper’s famous subjects, friends, and family, this is an unprecedented exploration of the life and mind of one of Hollywood’s most fascinating personalities.
Art Edition of 100 signed and numbered copies, each with signed gelatin silver print Biker Couple
Dennis Hopper. Photographs 1961–1967, Art Edition
Edition of 100
Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in., hardcover volume in clamshell box, 13 x 17.3 in., 546 pages