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(CIRCLE OF THE BEAT POET
DIANE DI PRIMA 1934- )
Group of 123 black-and-white Polaroid
prints of Diane di Prima and her sexy and
creative friends by an uncredited photo-
grapher, which includes vernacular images
of NewYork City.
Includes 3 prints of di Prima (whose autobiography
Memoirs of a Beatnik
was referred to as“unabashedly
erotic”), intimate homoerotic scenes, snapshots of
unidentified intellectual figures, witty pictures of
the East Village, and poetic images in a domestic
setting. Polaroid prints, the images measuring
3
3
/
4
x23 inches (9.5x7.6 cm.), several with
handwritten dates, in ink, on verso. Circa 1966
[600/900]
A charming group of personal photographs by
an unidentified flaneur, with scenes of New
York City, sweet domestic tableaux, and quiet
studies of men, some in suits and ties, others
naked or aroused. Di Prima, in a long braid and
cotton bathrobe, appears with a bearded man.
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(WESTERN PHOTOGRAPHY
GUILD)
A group of approximately 90 superb male
physique photographs.
Includes primarily wrestling poses, but others
posing with weights, chains, and homewares.
Silver prints, 11 sepia toned, the images
measuring 4
3
/
4
x5
3
/
4
inches (12.1x14.6 cm.), and
the reverse, each with theWestern Photography
Guild hand stamp, and some with stamped
cataloging numbers, on verso. 1960s
[2,500/3,500]
WITH—
Approximately 81 additional images,likely
also from the Western Photography Guild.
Silver
prints, the images measuring 4
3
/
4
x5
3
/
4
inches
(12.1x14.6 cm.), and smaller, approximately a
third of these with numeric stamps, on verso.
1960s
AND—
A group of 27 unattributed male physique
photographs.
Silver prints (26) and a half-tone
reproduction (one), the images measuring
6
1
/
2
x4
1
/
2
to 10x8 inches (16.5x11.4 to 25.4x20.3
cm.), and the reverse. 1970-80s.
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