Jun 20, 2019 - Sale 2514

Sale 2514 - Lot 123

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(GAY PRIDE PARADE--JUNE '97 & '98)


Album with 342 photographs chronicling the eclectically dressed (or boldly undressed) and proud participants of the New York City Gay Pride Parade in the late nineties.

Chromogenic prints, the images measuring approximately 6x4 inches, 15.2x10.2 cm., and the reverse, nearly all with notations and dates, in ink, on verso, sleeved recto/verso. Tall 4to, burgundy boards; 3-ring binding. 1997-98.

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Following the exuberant marchers down Fifth Avenue to the Greenwich Village and ending at The Stonewall Inn, the photographs document a pre-sponsorship parade, rife with a strong sense of community and endless freedom of expression. Mostly portraying a diverse array of individuals posing, laughing, dancing, and showing off their dazzling attire, with a few depicting important members of the downtown scene.