Dustin Hoffman & Anne Bancroft on a specially
constructed set on 'The Graduate', 1967
by Bob Willoughby
16 x 20” (40.6 × 50.8cm) paper size
Archival Pigment Estate Print
from an edition limited to 25
Titled, numbered & annotated verso
Stamped with Estate stamp verso
€1,900.00 unframed inclusive of tax
“The character Mrs Robinson in the Graduate is surrounded by conformists and clichés: her husband, new money, her friends, social climbers, her daughter (the all American sweetheart), Benjamin the rich lazy spoilt graduate and Mrs Robinson, bored housewife – until she seduces a much younger man for fun!
Her lover, potential boyfriend material for her daughter, Mrs Robinson enjoys all the sex, seduction, danger and risk her married male counterparts had enjoyed for generations. She is a nonconformist who plays with Benjamin for her entertainment, shows no emotion or interest other than her own desires. A direct contradiction of everything privileged housewives of the time should have been.
Benjamin is disposable and Mrs Robinson has nothing to lose, not the love of her husband or respect of her daughter. She has nothing to gain, not the love of her husband or the respect of her daughter - so why try? Mrs Robinson is of the moment - albeit a moment in a seedy hotel room for a few short moments of excitement - and part of the intrigue for Mrs Robinson is knowing her notoriety will soon be exposed when most others would feel compelled to hide it.” Matthew Murray 2020