Alex Prager - Important Photographs from the Collection of Dr. Anthony Terrana New York Tuesday, April 2, 2013 | Phillips

Important Photographs from the Collection of...

2 & 3 April 2013
New York

  • Provenance

    Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York

  • Artist Biography

    Alex Prager

    American • 1979

    Influenced by pulp fiction and cinematic tropes, self-taught photographer and film-maker Alex Prager creates striking, sometimes unnerving images that are filled with a dynamic cast of characters. The hyperreal worlds she creates are packed with human melodrama, like the retro 'damsel in distress' character that regularly makes appearances in Prager's brightly colored and dramatically lit scenes.

    With influences ranging from David Lynch, Alfred Hitchcock, William Eggleston, Cindy Sherman, and Gregory Crewdson, Prager references the vivid aesthetics of mid-twentieth century American cinema and photography. Pairing photographs alongside her films as part of her practice, Prager presents an eerie, alternative world where more questions are asked than answered. 

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IMPORTANT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. ANTHONY TERRANA

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Alex Prager

Wendy from Week-End

2009
Chromogenic print.
36 x 44 1/2 in. (91.4 x 113 cm)
Signed, titled, dated and numbered 2/5 in ink on an artist's label accompanying the work.

Estimate
$7,000 - 9,000 

Sold for $21,875

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Vanessa Kramer Hallett
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Important Photographs from the Collection of Dr. Anthony Terrana

2 & 3 April 2013
New York