About the Work
Debbie Harry photographed by Roberta Bayley in Las Vegas in 1979 — the year Parallel Lines went stratospheric and "Heart of Glass" reached number one in both the United States and the United Kingdom. The frame catches Harry in profile against the warm red wash of Vegas neon, lipstick in hand, mid-application: the punk-bred frontwoman on the edge of two years of mainstream dominance.
Photograph by Roberta Bayley.
Cibachrome (Ilfochrome) print, 20 × 16 inches, executed in 1979. Number 5 from an edition of 25, signed, titled, numbered and dated by the artist on the reverse. Long discontinued, the Cibachrome process leaves every surviving example among the last of its kind.
From the personal archive of Roberta Bayley. Price on request.
