Aug 18, 2022 - Sale 2613

Sale 2613 - Lot 393

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

BILL JACOBSON (1955 - )


Interim Couple #1098.
Silver print, the image measuring 241x200 mm; 9 1/2x7 3/4 inches, the sheet 508x406 mm; 20x16 inches, with Jacobson's signature, title, date, and an inscription in pencil on verso. 1994.

Additional Details

These early works, titled Interim Portraits, feature shadowy, pale figures that evoke the loss experienced by many during the height of the AIDS epidemic. The blurred subjects underline the futility of capturing a true human likeness in both portraiture and memory.