Aug 22, 2024 - Sale 2677

Sale 2677 - Lot 214

Price Realized: $ 1,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

(1970S PHOTOGRAPHS AND EPHEMERA)


An archive of over 260 personal photographs and ephemera documenting a Black queer couple.
An extraordinary archive with more than 240 snapshpts documenting the life and story of a Black queer couple in the 1970s. The photographs record the couple's affection, celebrating birthdays, traveling to LA and Las Vegas, and holidays together, as well as day to day casual socializing at home with friends and family. 20 pieces of ephemera bring more dimension to their story, including affectionate Valentine and birthday cards, as well as Vegas souvenirs from Tina Turner and Lola Falana concerts. Chromogenic prints, the images measuring 89 mm; 3½ inches square to 102x152 mm; 4x6 inches. Circa 1970s.