Stan Brakhage (1933-2003)

‘PRELUDE: DOG STAR MAN’ FILM STILL, 1961-1964, Vintage silver gelatin print, printed 1967, image size, 185 x 140mm, sheet size, 266 x 206mm, with various annotations in pen and crayon in margin, and with hand written label affixed and Stephen Dwoskin archival stamp verso

Stan Brakhage was an non-narrative filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the most important experimental filmmakers of the 20th century. He worked with various kinds of celluloid: 16mm, 8mm, 35mm, and IMAX, and was a practitioner of what he referred to as 'pure cinema'. Dog Star Man (1961-64), perhaps his most famous work, features a man climbing a mountain, shots of stellar objects and more footage of his wife giving birth. It is usually read as addressing the unity of creation.

Provenance: Stephen Dwoskin Archive