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GEBHARDT, ROBERT “GEBBE”
(active 1950s)
Unique album containing 30 striking images
of award-winning bodybuilderVal Posqua, with
related studies of others. Silver prints, 13
3
/
4
x11
(25) and 5 measuring 8x10 inches (34.9x27.9
and 24.4x20.3 cm.), and the reverse, all but one
signed “Gebbé” and most noted “N.Y.C.”
Large 4to, red leatherette with steel-comb
binding, slightly worn; with Gebbé’s
inscription to Val Posqua, in gold ink, on the
inside cover; contents loose as issued. 1950s
[2,500/3,500]
Inscription reads: “Best wishes to my friend Val
Posqua Sincerely Gebbé.” Val Posqua was Mr.
NewYork City for 1949. Gebbé was a close friend
and early mentor to Lon of NewYork.