Bunny Yeager 1950s Color Camera Transparency Seductive Maria Stinger Couch Candy
Item History & Price
ITEM: You are bidding on an original, 120 film color camera negative transparency photograph taken in Miami, in the late 1960s by Bunny Yeager. This features the lovely bottled blonde model Maria Stinger as the prettiest thing this room has ever seen. Measures approx. 2 1/2" square. This is a positive color transparency that has optimized and color corrected with an Epson scanner in the first view, the second view is the photo on a light scanner taken unadjusted with a digital cam...era.
Maria Stinger, one of Yeager's most alluring and iconic models, in 1954 was crowned "Miami's Marilyn Monroe" after winning a local beauty pageant. Stinger holds the distinction of being the first model to pose for Yeager. A photo of her taken by Yeager graced the cover of the March, 1954 issue of the magazine "Eye - People and Pictures." Among the men's magazines Maria did pictorials for are "Caper, " "Gala, " "Glance, " and "Rogue." She also appeared in the Betty Yeager film "Bunny Yeager's' Nude Camera, " which was released in 1963.
In 1964 Stinger attempted suicide by overdosing on pills. Although she had three daughters with Harry Walter Stinger, Maria nonetheless still divorced him in February, 1965. Stinger then moved to Columbia, South Carolina, where she committed suicide at the tragically young age of 36 by overdosing on pills in November, 1967.
The watermark does not appear on the actual transparency.
Very good archived condition, with some discoloration from prolonged storage. A beautiful C. 1950s 120 film original color camera negative transparency from the estate of Bunny Yeager in original storage sheath with Imperial Press sticker.
Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
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For this listing only, Grapefruit Moon Gallery represents that the original camera negative/transparency ("Original") comes with United States copyright. The buyer is solely responsible for ascertaining that the Original is otherwise cleared for publication including but not limited to satisfying any publicity right that persons appearing in an image may have under any statutes or common law. Grapefruit Moon Gallery makes no representation or warranty as to any matters that need to be cleared prior to publication. No representation or warranty is made regarding copyright outside of the United States. All publication issues should be referred to the buyer's own professional advisors.
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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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Maria Stinger, one of Yeager's most alluring and iconic models, in 1954 was crowned "Miami's Marilyn Monroe" after winning a local beauty pageant. Stinger holds the distinction of being the first model to pose for Yeager. A photo of her taken by Yeager graced the cover of the March, 1954 issue of the magazine "Eye - People and Pictures." Among the men's magazines Maria did pictorials for are "Caper, " "Gala, " "Glance, " and "Rogue." She also appeared in the Betty Yeager film "Bunny Yeager's' Nude Camera, " which was released in 1963.
In 1964 Stinger attempted suicide by overdosing on pills. Although she had three daughters with Harry Walter Stinger, Maria nonetheless still divorced him in February, 1965. Stinger then moved to Columbia, South Carolina, where she committed suicide at the tragically young age of 36 by overdosing on pills in November, 1967.
The watermark does not appear on the actual transparency.
Very good archived condition, with some discoloration from prolonged storage. A beautiful C. 1950s 120 film original color camera negative transparency from the estate of Bunny Yeager in original storage sheath with Imperial Press sticker.
Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
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For this listing only, Grapefruit Moon Gallery represents that the original camera negative/transparency ("Original") comes with United States copyright. The buyer is solely responsible for ascertaining that the Original is otherwise cleared for publication including but not limited to satisfying any publicity right that persons appearing in an image may have under any statutes or common law. Grapefruit Moon Gallery makes no representation or warranty as to any matters that need to be cleared prior to publication. No representation or warranty is made regarding copyright outside of the United States. All publication issues should be referred to the buyer's own professional advisors.
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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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