Henry Wessel, Jr.

American · 1942–2018 · Photographer

Henry Wessel was an American photographer and educator. He made "obdurately spare and often wry black-and-white pictures of vernacular scenes in the American West". (Wikipedia)

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  1. Henry Wessel, Jr., Icons, 1968-89, Portfolio containing 15 gelatin silver prints, printed 2007. Each approxIconsLempertz · €32,240≈ $36,621≈ £28,716Sign up to see
  2. Henry Wessel, Jr., Tucson, Arizona, 1976, Gelatin silver printTucson, ArizonaPhillips · $11,250≈ £8,566≈ €10,028Sign up to see
  3. Henry Wessel, Jr., Selected Images from Night Walk, Los Angeles, 1995-1998, Six gelatin silver printsSelected Images from Night Walk, Los AngelesPhillips · $8,890≈ £7,028≈ €8,192Sign up to see

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Henry Wessel was an American photographer and educator. He made "obdurately spare and often wry black-and-white pictures of vernacular scenes in the American West".

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1942, TeaneckDied 2018, Point RichmondOccupation PhotographerWikidata Q373689 ↗ULAN 500036649 ↗

In the collections of

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)J. Paul Getty MuseumNational Gallery of CanadaSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtArt Institute of Chicago

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Also known as Henry Wessel, J. Henry Wessel, Wessel, Henry, Jr.

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0), MoMA collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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