Aug 19, 2021 - Sale 2578

Sale 2578 - Lot 177

Price Realized: $ 2,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600

DOUG ISCHAR (1948 - )


Untitled, from the Naked portfolio.
Silver print, the image measuring 279.4x428.6 mm; 11x16 7/8 inches, with Ischar's signature, dates, and copyright notation, in pencil, on verso. 1983; printed 1985.

Additional Details

In the early 1980s Doug Ischar set out to document the men and culture of the Belmont Rocks of Chicago, one of the most visibly gay beaches in North America at the time. He says of the project, "I was fearful AIDS would obliterate queer culture. I had this fervid conservationist mission." This image from the project intimately depicts two sun-bathed men embracing on the rocks, an idyllic portrayal of The Belmont Rocks which were removed in 2003.