Dec 09, 2003 - Sale 1989

Sale 1989 - Lot 61

Price Realized: $ 316
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 500
CHANCELLOR, PHILIP M. The Emotional Life of The Headsman. A photo-narrative in 13 original photographs about a tortured figure named Henker, who is characterized by Robert Carleton. Folio, spiral-bound silver boards, lightly soiled; endpapers rubbed; matching board slipcase, worn, loss on spine. limited edition, one of 27 signed and numbered copies. Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie, 1935

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An obscure photographically-illustrated book which opens casually enough with the handsome Henker enjoying a beer. The mood of the story violently changes after our protagonist is depicted holding hands with a man. Subsequent photographs show him brooding with a bottle, or in a blood-splattered tuxedo brandishing weapons.