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(EROTICA—AMERICAN
FETISH)
Group of 19 photographs depicting fetish,
bondage, and other masochistic imagery. Includes
photographs by the Irving Klaw Studio, Burmel
Publications, other studio imagery, as well as
“amateur” photographs, the total including one
8x10 sheet with 4 photographs; some featuring a
male and female company, others 2 women, and
some with women alone. Silver prints, sizes
ranging from 4
1
/
4
x3
1
/
4
to 9
1
/
2
x7
1
/
2
inches
(10.8x8.3 to 24.1x19.1 cm.),and the reverse,some
with hand stamps on verso. 1940s-50s
[400/600]
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(DANGEROUS WOMEN)
Group of 26 snapshots of powerful women, including a beckoning femme fatale, a woman offering
a man an apple, a brunette lighting up a cigarette for the photographer, a tall dark-haired maiden
in a sado-masochistic costume, a beautiful nude femme, an aviatrix, a lion tamer, a crossdresser, a
tomboy climbing onto a freight car, farmers and fancy ladies aiming rifles at family members (or
unseen targets), a well-dressed hiker wielding an ax, and more. Silver prints, 4x2
1
/
2
to 6
3
/
4
x4
1
/
2
inches
(10.2x6.4 to 17.1x11.4 cm.), and the reverse. Circa 1905-70s
[1,800/2,200]
From the Collection of Peter J. Cohen. In the spring of 2015, Rizzoli will be publishing a book of
select photographs drawn from Cohen’s collection entitled “DangerousWomen.”
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