Standard Pose #3 (Hand/Hair)

1982

Robert Heinecken

Associated Names
Robert Heinecken

Artist, American, 1931 - 2006

The image features a grid layout with eight Polaroid-style photographs arranged in two rows. Each photograph shows a woman from the waist up, facing the camera with varied poses and expressions. The women have different hair lengths, styles, and colors, and wear various tops. Each woman is touching or adjusting her hair. The backgrounds are simple and neutral. In the center is a block of text titled "Lessons in Posing Subjects: Standard Pose #3 (Hand/Hair)," explaining the posing differences in each image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    8 internal dye diffusion transfer prints (Polaroid SX-70)

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image (each): 8 × 7.7 cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/16 in.)
    sheet (each): 10.8 × 8.8 cm (4 1/4 × 3 7/16 in.)
    mount: 38.4 × 51.1 cm (15 1/8 × 20 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.81

  • Series Title

    Lessons in Posing Subjects

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Chris Pichler, Paso Robles, CA; Vincent Borrelli, Albuquerque, NM; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Heinecken 1982; by artist, lower center in graphite: 2/10; center printed in black ink: This pose may seem superficially similar to / Standard Pose # 2, variants # 2 and # 3, but / differs dramatically in the angle of the active / arm and the degree of gentleness involved / between the hand and the hair. In the first / pair the hand delicately touches the hair at / the back of the neck and the arm is held more / closely in toward the body. In the next two, / the subjects' hands cradle or caress the hair / softly. A variant is illustrated in the third pair / where the pose is held at that point in time / when the fingers seem to be approaching the / hair in anticipation. Finally, in the last pair, / the hair is taken between the thumb and the / forefinger and gently rolled and sensed on a / tactile level.; lower left: Lessons in Posing Subjects: Standard Pose # 3 (Hand/Hair)

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