"Cornelis Vreeswijk", 1977.
Signed Hans Gedda. Numbered 12/25 verso. Gelatin silver print, image 39.5 x 39.5 cm.
Uppsala Auktionskammare, Internationell Kvalitetsauktion, December 2017.
Private Collection, Stockholm.
Bukowski Auktioner, Contemporary Art & Design 650, 25 October 2023, lot 224.
Hans Gedda is Sweden's most famous portrait photographer. From the 1960s until today, he has captured unforgettable portraits of most of our Swedish and foreign celebrities. People like Nelson Mandela and Astrid Lindgren, Ingemar Stenmark and Ingmar Bergman have passed through his lens. The iconic portrait of Cornelis Vreeswijk was photographed in Gedda's studio on Götgatan and has become the most famous image of our Dutch national hero.