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William Wegman

William Wegman, Hand Some (detail), 2001. Chromogenic print. 14 x 11 inches (unframed). Edition of 150.

William Wegman is an artist and photographer most celebrated for his ongoing series of compositions featuring his Weimaraner dogs. On the occasion of his 2000–2001 exhibition at FWM, Wegman designed two oversized silk scarves—the first featuring a black and white “forest” of dogs’ legs and the second featuring the artist’s Weimaraner Batty in striking profile against a pale blue background. Digitally printed on silk twill, these pieces were created to be displayed as framed print editions or worn as a scarves.

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William Wegman x FWM
Hand Some

A sky-blue book, taller than it is wide, featuring a square photograph of a beach at its center. The text reads,

A.S.A.P.
William Wegman: Dogs on Rocks

A white silk scarf with a digitally printed black and white photograph by artist William Wegman of a Weimaraner's paws with two other Weimaraners cut off in the top left corner.

William Wegman x FWM
Forest (scarf)

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Artist Bio

American, born 1943, lives and works in New York and Maine.

Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, William Wegman received his BFA in painting from Massachusetts College of Art in 1965 and MFA in painting from the University of Illinois in 1967. He subsequently taught at the University of Wisconsin, and California State College, Long Beach. Wegman is known for the incorporation of his Weimaraner dogs as models in his work. Retrospectives of his work have been organized at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (1981); Kunstmuseum, Lucerne (1990); the Brooklyn Museum of Art (2006); and the Bowdoin Museum of Art (2012). Wegman’s many honors and fellowships include a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship (1975), a National Endowment for the Arts Grant (1982), and a Bailey House Key Award (1999).