Aug 18, 2022 - Sale 2613

Sale 2613 - Lot 146

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

ETIENNE & STEPHEN (DOM OREJUDOS, 1933-1991)


Two posters
Two offset lithograph posters. 505x355 mm; 20x14 inches and 432x277 mm; 17x11 inches. Circa 1970s.
Orejudos used both the pen names Etienne and Stephen, each a variant of his true middle name, Esteban.

The Gold Coast, which opened in 1958, is considered one of America's first leather bars. In the 1970s Orejudos and his partner began hosting "Mr. Gold Coast" competitions at their eponymously named bar. these events became so popular that by 1979 they had been rebranded as "International Mr. Leather."