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Lot #6582 - Gary Heery (Australia, b.1950) - Floral Study 1999 From Grandiflora Series 2000

  • Auction House:
    Theodore Bruce
  • Sale Name:
    Timed Online Auction | Art | Interesting & Affordable
  • Sale Date:
    23 Feb 2023 ~ 11am (AEDT)
  • Lot #:
    6582
  • Lot Description:
    Gary Heery (Australia, b.1950) - Floral Study 1999 From Grandiflora Series 2000
    Condition: Laid on thin board, stain centre left, cockling to margins, unframed
    Silver gelatin photograph ed.1/10
    Sheet: 60.5 x 51 cm
    Signed & dated lower right, indistinct
  • Notes:
    Born in Sydney, Australia, Gary Heery studied sociology and psychology at the University of New South Wales. In 1974 he moved to the US where he co-founded India America, a magazine chronicling Native American society and culture in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Two years later he moved to Los Angeles where he photographed album covers for Roy Orbison, Frank Zappa, Ray Charles, B.B. King and Joe Cocker. He also shot portraits of film and music stars for magazines including Life, Esquire, Rolling Stone and Interview. In 1981, Heery moved to New York, opening a studio in Soho where he photographed album covers for Madonna and Paul Simon (Graceland) and advertising campaigns for Swatch, Karl Lagerfeld and Sony. Since returning to Sydney in 1987, Heery has worked in advertising and fashion with clients such as American Express, Pepsi, Westpac, Telstra, Toyota, Lane Crawford, Qantas and Coca-Cola. He has shot award-winning campaigns for the Australian Wool Board, Trent Nathan, Dove and Sony. He was a three-time finalist in the Citi Bank Portrait Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW, a finalist in the National Gallery Portrait Prize and was selected for the American Photographer Annual. He was the Sony ambassador for the release of the Alpha (D-SLR) 900 camera and is a much sought-after speaker at photographic seminars. His exhibitions and books include Nudes (1994), Zoo (1996), Grandiflora (2000), Twins (2005), Grandiflora Arrangements (2007), Horses (2009), Winged (2011), Undergrowth (2012) and Gary Heery: Selected Works (2013), Bird (2015), Xportrait (2018) and Birdscape (2021). http://www.garyheery.com/profile
  • Estimate:
    A$120 - 140
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Affordable Art

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