SMITH JACK (1932 1989) Double composite (with 8 images from

Sale 2103 - Lot 81A

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SMITH, JACK (1932-1989)
Double composite (with 8 images from "The Beautiful Book"). Silver print, overall size 9 3/4x5 inches (24.77x12.7 cm.). 1962

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Formerly in the collection of Piero Heliczer, a poet, film-artist, and publisher of "The Beautiful Book;" to the consignor.

Jack Smith, campy performance artist extraordinaire, was also a film-maker and photographer. He had his first one-person photography exhibit in 1960 at Helen Gee's Limelight Gallery, a prestigious space considered the first photography gallery in NYC. The press release for the exhibit described Smith's photographs as "close-up exaggerations of mysterious-looking faces, trappings that smack of Moroccan motifs, exotic juxtapositions of figures and gestures surrounded by drapes and debris, all in particular and unnatural casts of color."

This uncut sheet bears a strong resemblance to Warhol's (later) works, particularly his photo-booth self -portraits and prints and paintings in which multiple images figure prominently.