Bill Henson (b. 1955)

archival inkjet pigment print (triptych), left hand image #LAT-72. edition: /10, centre image #LAT-116. edition: 2/10, right hand image #LAT-73. edition: /10 (3)

Art & Despair
I recall Bill Henson once saying, “Despite everything, it should be beautiful”. There’s quite a lot of “everything” going on behind this young man’s gaze. It’s disturbing, yes, but also disturbingly beautiful.
– Jim Sharman (2023)

Measurements:

76.5 x 63 cm each

Provenance:

Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney, Collection of Jim Sharman, Sydney

Exhibited:

Photosynthesis - Group Show, 18 November– 17 December 1994, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (another example), Aperto, XLIII Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 26 June – 25 September 1988 (another example), The Museum of Modern Art Vienna 1989 (another example)

Reference:

Literature: Bill Henson Photographs, David Malouf, Pan Books,1988. page 99

Copyright:

© Bill Henson

• EStimate $30,000 - $50,000