Nationality
German
Artist Dates
1942-1987
Preview
Date of Work
1978
Medium
Postcard
Height
4"
Width
6"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection, James Smith Pierce Collection
Status
Stored: FF_012_B
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
Chris von Wangenheim was born in 1942 in Berlin, Germany. In 1965 von Wangenheim moved to New York City to become an assistant to James Moore, the photographer for Harper's Bazaar. It wasn't until he was discovered by Vogue's Anna Piaggi that got his monumental start. He is best known for his groundbreaking, provocative, and macabre fashion photography from 1968 until his death in 1981.
Additional Information
Artists' Postcards Series II
Black and white photograph of a nude toddler with her head and shoulders under a woman's skirt. Only the woman's legs are shown.
UND Art Collections owns 44 copies of this postcard.
Postcard Reverse
Text in upper left hand corner of postcard:
Chris von Wangenheim
Regine and Christine
Photograph
© Artists' Postcards 1978, N.Y.C.
Text in top center of postcard:
Artists' Postcards Logo
Text in bottom left of postcard:
Exhibited at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design, Fall 1978
Four address lines are located on the bottom right side of the postcard.
Condition
Very good