Aug 19, 2021 - Sale 2578

Sale 2578 - Lot 74

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800

(DAVID OF CLEVELAND) (active 1950-60s)


A selection of 14 dramatically lit studio portraits of bodybuilders.
Silver prints, the images measuring 190.5x241.3 mm; 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches, the sheets slightly larger, most with a David of Cleveland hand stamp, some with a label with the typewritten model's name and age, and 5 with the model's name, in ink, in an unknown hand, on verso. 1960s.

Additional Details

David of Cleveland was a physique photographer who specialized in photographing athletes. He sold photographic prints, slides, and stereo slides by mail.