Kurt Cobain at MTV's Live and Loud, Pier 48, Seattle, WA, Dec. 13, 1993
Date1993, printed 2010
Label TextWheeler became close to Cobain through mutual friends in Olympia, and as a result had unusual access to him as he rose to fame. This is one of her most iconic images of the musician at the absolute height of his fame, when the pressures of celebrity and the effects of his drug use were at their most severe.
Object number2010.5
ProvenanceArtist Studio (printed February/March 2010); to Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA ; to Seattle Art Museum via gift of Clinton T. Willour
Photo Credit© Alice Wheeler, Courtesy of Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "KURT", May 13 - September 6, 2010Credit LinePurchased with funds from Clinton T. Willour in honor of Greg Kucera and Larry Yocom
Dimensions27 x 40 1/2 in. (68.6 x 102.9 cm)
MediumColor digital print
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