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Samuel Beckett
4 of 38 portraits of Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett
by Jane Bown
bromide print, 1976
13 1/8 in. x 19 1/2 in. (335 mm x 493 mm)
Given by Jane Bown and The Observer, 1981 in conjunction with the exhibition 'The Gentle Eye: Photographs by Jane Bown of The Observer'.
Primary Collection
NPG P373
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Artistback to top
- Jane Bown (1925-), Photographer. Artist of 71 portraits, Sitter associated with 7 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This was one of three frames Jane Bown took of the famously camera-shy playwright whilst he was directing Billie Whitelaw in Happy Days at The Royal Court. This is considered one of Bown's most iconic photographs.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Faces of the Century, 1999 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 22 October 1999 to 30 January 2000), p. 16
- Bown, Jane, Exposures : Jane Bown., 2009, p. 142
- Jeffares, A. Norman, Character Sketches: The Irish Literary Movement, 1998, p. 12
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 43
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Samuel Beckett (18 June 2005 - 8 January 2006)
- Jane Bown (8 February 2005 - 28 April 2005)
- Faces of the Century (22 October 1999 - 30 January 2000)
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