Fernando Natalici
Max's Kansas City photograph (New York Street Photography)
Printed later

Name: Max's Kansas City photograph (New York Street Photography)
Brand: Fernando Natalici
Price: 300 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Fernando Natalici, Max's Kansas City photograph 1975: Archival Inkjet Print. 13x19 inches. Hand signed from an edition of 10. Excellent Condition. Provenance: Obtained directly from artist. New York based photographer Fernando Natalici is best known for his iconographic documentation of the downtown Manhattan art scene of the mid/late 70's and early 80's. Natalici’s portfolio includes sought after images of a young Patti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads, Keith Haring, The Ramones and more. As an Art Director, Fernando has played a key role in creating memorable visuals for historic NY venues such as CBGB's, The Mudd Club, Area and Danceteria. Max's Kansas City: A Brief History A restaurant and nightclub on Park Avenue South whose name had little to do with Max and even less to do with Kansas City, this magnet for artists, actors, musicians, poets, and fame moochers was opened in 1965 by Mickey Ruskin, one of those beneficent fairy god-fathers with a light, guiding hand, who seeded a “scene” and then let it flower until a downtown hangout became a star-strewn house party. The mottled glory that was Max’s is a two-part saga. From the mid-60s to the early 70s, it was thronged with painters, sculptors, and Zeus-browed critics, its in-crowd back room becoming the banquet spot for Andy Warhol and his apostles from the Factory. (Warhol’s flagship band, the Velvet Underground, recorded a live album there.) This gave way to the thundering hooves of glitter-rockers such as the New York Dolls in their platform wedges and lipstick pouts, bringing down the curtain on Act I. Max’s closed in 1974 and reopened in 1975 under new management and became the North Pole of the punk/New Wave movement to CBGB’s southern pole on the Bowery. Related Categories Lou Reed. Iggy Pop. The Ramones. Blondie. David Bowie. Warhol.

Creator:

Fernando Natalici (1949, Brazilian)

Creation Year:

Printed later

Dimensions:

Height: 19 in (48.26 cm)Width: 13 in (33.02 cm)

Medium:

Inkjet

Movement & Style:

Pop Art

Period:

1970-1979