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Bruce Conner

27 Punk Photographs

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May 16, 09:24 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Lot Details

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Bruce Conner

1933 - 2008


27 Punk Photographs

signed, titled, dated 1978, annotated Mabuhay Gardens, copyrighted 2004 and numbered 1/3 in pencil (on the reverse of each)

27 gelatin silver prints

images to: 10¼ by 22¼ in. or the reverse

images to: 26 by 56.5 cm. or the reverse

Executed in 1978, printed in 2004, these prints are number 1 from an edition of 3.

Gladstone Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Greil Marcus, "Bruce Conner at the Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco 1978," Aperture, No. 183, Summer 2006, pp. 64-69

New York, Gladstone Gallery, Bruce Conner: Punk Photos: 1978, Luke: 2004, December 2004 - January 2005

New York, The Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Bruce Conner: It's All True, July 2016 - May 2017, p. 200-201, illustrated (other examples)

Image titles and dates as follows:


1. Pain and Pleasure: The Avengers, January 28, 1978

2. Cheri Penguin, January 28, 1978

3. Trixie: Closing Time at Mabuhay, January 28, 1978

4. Mabuhay Alley, March 10, 1978

5. Family-Type Entertainment, December 1978

6. D. O. A., October, 1978

7. Changing Skin, June 16, 1978

8. Amy, April 30, 1978

9. F Word: Audience Participation, May, 1978

10. F Word, June 16, 1978

11. Dim Wanker: F Word, May 1978

12. Roz: Negative Trend, January 3, 1978

13. Ointment, March 19, 1978

14. Claudia and Ruby, March 19, 1978

15. Theresa Soder: The Situations, November 1978

16. The Situations, November, 1978

17. Ginger with Admirer, November, 1978

18. Sleepers, January 20, 1978

19. Glitter Band, Burn Out, March 7, 1978

20. Frankie Fix: Dice, January 20, 1978

21. Negative Trend: Audience of One, February 16, 1978

22. The Hand: Suicide, January 3, 1978

23. Sleepers, January 20, 1978

24. Man Gestures at John Denny: Weirdos, June 16, 1978

25. John Denny: Weirdos, June 16, 1978

26. DEVO: Airborne, January 6, 1978

27. DEVO, January 6, 1978