Apr 10, 2025 - Sale 2699

Sale 2699 - Lot 155

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

WALLACE BERMAN (1926-1976)


Greeting card with original photograph. 1970.
Silver print, the image measuring 79x83 mm; 3⅛x3¼ inches, the mount 159x102 mm; 6¼x4 inches, with Berman's stamped greeting, canceled postage, and the recipient address in ink on mount recto. Circa 1970.

Berman was an avant-garde filmmaker, artist, and collagist, whose work was associated with the Beat Movement and the post-war California art scene. In addition to his influential work, he also had a minor role in "Easy Rider" (1969) and appears on the cover of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album.