Contemporary Photographs
Contemporary Photographs
Nigel Henderson
'Linda Pin-up' (from Lovely Linda)
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October 5, 06:08 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Nigel Henderson
1917 - 1985
'Linda Pin-up' (from Lovely Linda)
a unique object, gelatin silver print photogram, mounted, titled in purple ink on the image, titled, dated, and annotated with a pictogram that reads 'eye opener' in pencil and ink on the reverse, framed, a The Mayor Gallery label on the reverse, 1977
image: 20 by 16 in. (50.8 by 40.6 cm.)
frame: 27 by 22 in. (69.6 by 55.9 cm.)
The present work from Nigel Henderson's Lovely Linda series, a group of collages and distorted photographs, was inspired by a pinup photograph found on the floor of a bus. Henderson imagined 'it must have fallen from a wallet, where it had been conserved lovingly, gazed upon from time to time to provide a momentary lift - like a double whisky' (quoted in Nigel Henderson: Parallel of Life and Art, p. 133).
The image of Linda and the bandaged head (originally found on a cigarette card) pictured here are recurring visual motifs throughout Henderson's work from this period, including in Lucky Thirteen, Face at the Window, and Willy Call-Up.