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Art

Robin Williams: Riffing - Photograph by Jeff Bridges

Item Number
103
Estimated Value
3500 USD
Sold
750 USD to mbd4cc4fd
Number of Bids
1  -  Bid History

Item Description

Robin Williams: Riffing

The Fisher King

1991

"When we had long hard days, Robin would often plant his feet and entertain the troupes."

Print Description

48" x 20"

Dye-sublimation print on aluminum with French cleat inset frame on back

Etched hand-signed by artist, Jeff Bridges on back of print

No limited editions

About the Artist

Jeff Bridges - One of Hollywood's most successful actors

Jeff Bridges garnered his first Oscar® for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in Crazy Heart - as Bad Blake, a down-on-his-luck, alcoholic country music singer. Since earning his initial Academy Award® nomination in 1971 for The Last Picture Show, he has been honored with seven nominations, most recently for Hell or High Water (2016). In a career spanning 50 years, he has appeared in more than 70 films, among them Seabiscuit, The Big Lebowski, True Grit, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Starman, and the most recent, Bad Times at the El Royale. Through his company, ASIS Productions, he has also produced films and television movies, including the documentary Living in the Future's Past, as well as The Giver, American Heart, The Only Living Boy in New York, and Hidden in America. In 2019, he received the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his remarkable career.

Today, Jeff has come full circle in his acting career, which began with a cameo on Lloyd Bridges' classic TV series Sea Hunt in 1960. Now he has his own starring role in a TV series, The Old Man, a new hit on FX. In it, he plays a former CIA agent off the grid and on the run from his past. The cast includes John Lithgow and Amy Brenneman. Season 2 is in the works. The series is based on a best-selling thriller by Thomas Perry.

Photography and music are two of Jeff's passions. His photographs have been featured in Premiere and Aperture, as well as in gallery exhibitions in New York (at the George Eastman House), Los Angeles, London, Italy, and the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego. In 2013, he received an Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography.

Throughout his career, while on the set of his movies, Jeff used a Widelux camera to take behind-the-scenes pictures of the actors, crew, and locations; he later compiled the black-and-white images into books for everyone involved. In recent years, he shared portions of that work in two photography books, Pictures, Volume One and Two. Proceeds from these books go to the Motion Picture & Television Fund, a charitable organization offering assistance and care to people in Southern California in the movie and television industries with limited or no resources.

In 2014, Jeff released the album Jeff Bridges & The Abiders Live. His self-titled major label album for Blue Note Records debuted in 2011, with Grammy Award-winner T Bone Burnett as producer. That critically acclaimed album was a follow-up to his first solo effort, Be Here Soon.

Currently, he is the national spokesperson for the Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign that is fighting to end childhood hunger in America. In 2015, Jeff released a spoken word/ambient album titled Sleeping Tapes. Through T Bone Burnett, he met musician Keefus Ciancia, who co-produced their collaboration and supplied the music. The soothing sounds of Jeff's voice and the dreamy music help listeners relax. All proceeds from the album sales go to the No Kid Hungry campaign.

Jeff and his wife, Susan, divide their time between their home in Santa Barbara, California, and their ranch in Montana. 

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Jeff Bridges