Bunny Yeager Vintage Bettie Page Photograph 1954 Sultry Proof Print Wow
Item History & Price
ITEM: You are bidding on an original small approx. 2 1/2" by 2 1/2" square black and white gelatin silver photograph of Bettie Page from a setting that occurred in 1954 - taken by Bunny Yeager. The iconic Miss Page is posed in the nude on a sunny South Florida beach. This is an original still cut years ago from the contact sheet this image appeared on. Verso says, "Sold to Sunbathing" in Yeager's handwriting. "Sunbathing" was a nudist magazine of the time.
A rarity for sure a un...ique frame of the pin-up legend looking selling the drama - in a classic sexy Bettie Page pose!
A compelling never before offered in the secondary retail market camera rarity!
CONDITION: Very good condition, this was quickly cut from the contact sheet by Yeager years ago - and has some uneven corners as such . It also has some grease pencil notations in red in Yeager's hand that could be removed if desired. Never before on the market a unique photograph from Yeager's Miami estate.
Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
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Grapefruit Moon Gallery is the proud home of the extensive, detailed, and comprehensive estate of photographer and pin-up model Bunny Yeager. Described as "the world’s greatest pin-up photographer" by Diane Arbus, and best-remembered for her iconic collaborations with Bettie Page, Yeager’s body of work includes over five decades of spectacular, and groundbreaking celebrations of female beauty.
Yeager’s archive includes thousands of never-before-seen and many unpublished camera images of leading glamour and cheesecake models, unique camera negatives & transparencies, photographs, contact sheets, original model costumes, props, cameras, model release forms, technical notes, as well as displays and exhibition mounted large photographs from her Miami showroom. Yeager’s work is both groundbreaking and technically brilliant; one of the only female photographers working in the pin-up and nude genres, she captured the female body with a beauty, strength, power, and emotionality unparalleled by the leering lens of many of her male contemporaries.
Keep a close eye on our listings for one-of-a-kind treasures from the estate of Bunny Yeager.
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A rarity for sure a un...ique frame of the pin-up legend looking selling the drama - in a classic sexy Bettie Page pose!
A compelling never before offered in the secondary retail market camera rarity!
CONDITION: Very good condition, this was quickly cut from the contact sheet by Yeager years ago - and has some uneven corners as such . It also has some grease pencil notations in red in Yeager's hand that could be removed if desired. Never before on the market a unique photograph from Yeager's Miami estate.
Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
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Grapefruit Moon Gallery is the proud home of the extensive, detailed, and comprehensive estate of photographer and pin-up model Bunny Yeager. Described as "the world’s greatest pin-up photographer" by Diane Arbus, and best-remembered for her iconic collaborations with Bettie Page, Yeager’s body of work includes over five decades of spectacular, and groundbreaking celebrations of female beauty.
Yeager’s archive includes thousands of never-before-seen and many unpublished camera images of leading glamour and cheesecake models, unique camera negatives & transparencies, photographs, contact sheets, original model costumes, props, cameras, model release forms, technical notes, as well as displays and exhibition mounted large photographs from her Miami showroom. Yeager’s work is both groundbreaking and technically brilliant; one of the only female photographers working in the pin-up and nude genres, she captured the female body with a beauty, strength, power, and emotionality unparalleled by the leering lens of many of her male contemporaries.
Keep a close eye on our listings for one-of-a-kind treasures from the estate of Bunny Yeager.
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