William Wegman
Vanity, 1994
Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, in 1943, William Wegman received a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston and an MFA from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His work has been exhibited extensively in both the United States and abroad, including solo exhibitions at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (1982); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1988); Whitney Museum of American Art (1992); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2001); and The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2002). The retrospective “William Wegman: Funney/Strange” was held at the Brooklyn Museum, and traveled to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; the Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach; the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover; and Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus (2006-07). The Bowdoin College Museum of Art presented “William Wegman: Hello Nature,” a major survey of over 100 nature-related works by the artist in various media (2012), which traveled to Artipelag, Värmdö, Stockholm, Sweden (2013). “William Wegman: Improved Photographs,” a survey exhibition, was held at the Jepson Center, Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA (2017). In 2018, the Metropolitan Museum of Art organized “Before/On/After: William Wegman and California Conceptualism,” an exhibition of the early 70s work of Wegman and his fellow Los Angeles artists. The Shelburne Museum organized “William Wegman: Outside In,” a comprehensive survey in 2019. “William Wegman: Being Human,” an international touring exhibition of his large-format Polaroids, traveled to venues including Palais de L’Archevêché, Arles; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand; MASI, Lugano; Photomuseum den Haag, The Hague; and Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea (2018-21). Wegman’s work is in many important public collections including Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Since his first exhibition at Sperone Westwater in 1990, Wegman has exhibited regularly at the gallery (1992, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2016, 2017 and 2022).
Downloadables
William Wegman
Blonde on Browne, 1991
color Polaroid
24 x 20 inches (61 x 51 cm)
35 x 26 1/2 inches (89 x 67 cm) frame
SW 17202
William Wegman
Stuff, 1994
color Polaroid
24 x 20 inches (61 x 50,8 cm)
35 x 26 1/2 inches (89 x 67 cm) frame
SW 12367
Private Collection
William Wegman
Skyward, 1997
color Polaroid
24 x 20 inches (61 x 50,8 cm)
34 1/2 x 29 3/8 x 1 1/2 inches (88,1x 74,5 x 3,8 cm) frame
SW 12331
William Wegman
The Hood in Red, 2005
color Polaroid
35 1/2 x 27 3/8 inches (90,2 x 69,5 cm)
SW 07156
Private Collection
William Wegman
Lawn Sculpture, 1997
color polaroid
two panels; 24 x 20 inches (60,9 x 50,8 cm) each
SW 12448a-b
Private Collection
William Wegman
Twisted Hope, 2001
color Polaroid
24 x 20 inches (61 x 51 cm)
35 x 26 1/2 inches (89 x 67 cm) frame
SW 17198
William Wegman
Nosey, 1972
gelatin silver print
10 3/8 x 11 5/8 inches (26,3 x 29,5 cm)
14 3/4 x 15 7/8 inches (37,5 x 40,3 cm) frame
SW 19181
William Wegman
How They are Toward Newspapers, 1973
gelatin silver print, unique
10 1/4 x 10 5/8 inches (26 x 27 cm)
SW 13332
William Wegman
Blondes/Brunettes, 1972
gelatin silver prints
thirty-two prints; 10 x 8 inches (25,4 x 20,3 cm) each
47 x 78 inches (119,4 x 198,1 cm) overall as installed
SW 13334
Private Collection
William Wegman
Terry, Lynn/ Terry, Lynn, 1971
gelatin silver prints
three prints; 13 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches (35,2 x 27,6 cm) each
19 1/8 x 40 inches (48,5 x 101,6 cm) frame
edition of 3, plus 1 AP
SW 19204
William Wegman
Light Off / Light On, 1970
gelatin silver prints
two prints; 10 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (27,3 x 26,7 cm) each
15 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches (38,7 x 56 cm) frame
edition of 2
SW 09121
William Wegman
Stutter, 1971
gelatin silver print, unique
7 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches (18,4 x 18,4 cm)
11 1/16 x 10 3/4 inches (28,1 x 27,3 cm) frame
SW 10065
William Wegman
Interior Exposition, 2020
oil and postcards on wood panel
30 x 40 inches (76,2 x 101,6 cm)
SW 20085
William Wegman
Oval Inn, 2020
oil and postcards on wood panel
30 x 40 inches (76,2 x 101,6 cm)
SW 20089
William Wegman
Exhibition, 2020
oil and postcards on wood panel
16 x 20 inches (40,6 x 50,8 cm)
SW 20081
William Wegman
Scenic Scenes, 2020
oil and postcards on wood panel
60 x 84 inches (152,4 x 213,4 cm)
SW 20090
William Wegman
Akronisms, 2019
oil and postcards on wood panel
30 x 40 inches (76 x 101,5 cm)
SW 19336
William Wegman
Collected Rooms, 2018
oil and postcards on wood panel
30 x 40 inches (76 x 101,5 cm)
SW 19331
William Wegman
Spiral Stair, 2018
oil and postcards on wood panel
30 x 40 inches (76 x 101,5 cm)
SW 19330
William Wegman
The Great Indoors, 2013
oil and postcards on wood panel
84 x 192 inches (213,3 x 487,6 cm) overall
48 x 84 inches (121,9 x 213,3 cm) each panel
SW 13354
William Wegman
Inside Outside, 2014
oil and postcard on wood panel
30 x 40 inches (76 x 101,5 cm)
SW 16047
William Wegman
Bridge in Question, 2012
oil, ink, graphite and postcard on wood panel
20 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches (52 x 41 cm)
SW 16049
Private Collection
William Wegman
Lobby Abstract, 2015
oil and postcards on wood panel
30 x 40 inches (76 x 101,5 cm)
SW 16056
Private Collection
William Wegman
Mies and Corbusier on Vacation, 2015
oil and postcard on wood panel
30 x 40 inches (76 x 101,5 cm)
SW 16061
Private Collection
William Wegman
Theater Piece, 2016
oil and postcards on wood panel
16 x 20 inches (40,5 x 50,5 cm)
SW 16064
Exhibitions
Signs/Words
Sperone Westwater, Lugano
24 May – 13 July 2013
Untitled (Giotto's O)
Sperone Westwater, Lugano
30 November 2012 – 15 February 2013
Summer Exhibition
Sperone Westwater, New York
7 July – 9 September 2006
Greg Colson, Guillermo Kuitca, William Wegman
Sperone Westwater, New York
7 November – 31 December 1992
William Wegman
Sperone Westwater, New York
9 November 1991 – 4 January 1992
William Wegman
One Hundred Odd Drawings, from 1972 on and Two New Paintings
Sperone Westwater, New York
31 March – 28 April 1990
