(POLAROIDS) Group of 66 audition photographs for Los Angeles

Sale 2385 - Lot 331

Price Realized: $ 875

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(POLAROIDS)
Group of 66 "audition photographs" for Los Angeles-based men's magazines. Featured are hip young women who are shown in quotidian situations: on the couch canoodling, in their bedrooms, vacuuming, playing chess, hanging out at the pool, hiking, or hamming it up for the camera, and are depicted nude, semi-nude, in lingerie, or fully dressed; several with male partners. Polaroids, 3 3/4x2 3/4 inches (12.1x9.5 cm.), many with handwritten notations, in ink, in the margin, identifying the subject or with a date. 1970s-80s

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These amateur models sought work from LA-based Parliament Publications, which published men's/adult magazines (Tip Top, Black Magic, Pussycat, and Cloud 9). A growing enterprise in the sexually liberated period of 1970s, the need for models reflected the lack of professionals who were available. As the demand for models increased Parliament made 'casting' calls looking for suitable new talent. including 'girl-next-door' and post-hippie types. At the time, Parliament was one of the largest publishers and distributors of adult magazines.