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GEBHARDT, ROBERT "GEBBE" (active 1950s) Unique album containing 30 striking images of award-winning bodybuilder Val Posqua, with related studies of others. Silver prints, 13 3/4x11 (25) and 5 measuring 8x10 inches (34.9x27.9 and 24.4x20.3 cm.), and the reverse, all but one signed "Gebbé" and most noted "N.Y.C." Large 4to, red leatherette with steel-comb binding, slightly worn; with Gebbé's inscription to Val Posqua, in gold ink, on the inside cover; contents loose as issued. 1950s
Inscription reads: "Best wishes to my friend Val Posqua Sincerely Gebbé." Val Posqua was Mr. New York City for 1949. Gebbé was a close friend and early mentor to Lon of New York.
