Self-Portrait, Gerard Fieret, c. 1965

gelatin silver print, h 598mm × w 497mm More details
© erven Gerard Fieret

Because of his background and wartime experiences, the artist, poet, and drifter Gerard Fieret was a tormented man. In the 1960s and 70s he took raw and grainy photographs of the scores of women he brought to his studio. In this large dark photograph he aimed the camera at himself.

Identification

Title(s)

Self-Portrait

Object type

photograph

Object number

RP-F-2005-107-374

Inscriptions / marks

stamp: ‘COPYRIGHT GERRIT PETRUS FIERET P.O. BOX 117 - DEN HAAG HOLLAND’
stamp: ‘FOTO & COPYRIGHT BY GERRIT PETRUS FIERET’

Description

Zelfportret met baard. Veertien copyright stempels en een groot signatuur maken deel uit van het beeld.

Creation

Artist

Gerard Fieret (signed by artist)

Place

Netherlands

Dating

c. 1965

Material and Technique

Material

photographic support

Technique

gelatin silver print

Measurements

height 598 mm × width 497 mm

Subject

What

portrait, self-portrait of photographer

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Johan Huizinga Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 2005

Copyright

erven Gerard Fieret

Documentation

Modern Times, Mattie Boom (M.M.) , 1957-, afb. 37

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.435619

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