Bunny Yeager 4 X 5 Bettie Page Pin Up Negative Retouched Master Proof Notated NR
Item History & Price
You are bidding on an original 4" by 5" black and white negative showing Bettie Page in an interior view taken by Bunny Yeager during one of their well documented 1954 photoshoots. This is an internegative created after-the-fact and was made by Bunny Yeager herself for the purposes of creating a large format proof negative for publication.It remains in it's heavily notated by Yeager herself storage envelope where it has been noted that this is the 2nd most important negative in the es...tate!!
** Please note we are not offering copyright transfer on this auction as this is a later date internegative **
This rarity has been archived in the estate of Bunny Yeager until being made available here. This was likely created in the last 25 - 35 years by Yeager, a compelling and unique piece.
•••••••••••••••••••• 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 Yeager’s archive includes thousands of never-before-seen and many unpublished camera images of leading glamour and cheesecake models, unique camera negatives & transparencies, photographs, contact sheets, original model costumes, props,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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** Please note we are not offering copyright transfer on this auction as this is a later date internegative **
This rarity has been archived in the estate of Bunny Yeager until being made available here. This was likely created in the last 25 - 35 years by Yeager, a compelling and unique piece.
•••••••••••••••••••• 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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