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"Return of the Enola Gay" Book Signed by Pilot Paul W. Tibbets & Duth Van Kirk
Located in San Diego, CA
"Return of the Enola Gay" book hand signed by pilot Paul W. Tibbets and navigator Dutch Van Kirk
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Books

Materials

Paper

Gay Beach, A Heavenly Place on Miami Beach Men in Bathing Suits. Gay Interest
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Follow the rainbow flags, and it will lead you to the famous Gay Beach on Miami Beach. Beyond the
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Street Costumes, Gay Nineties Fashion - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Street Costumes by Ruth Kreps. Signed lower right. Most likely for a book published in the 1930's
Category

1930s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Board, Ink

Fetish Spanking, Folsom Street Fair - Gay Interest BDSM
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Folsom Street Fair featuring public spanking - Gay Interest This archival color photograph by
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Bare Ass, Folsom Street Fair Gay San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color ! American Photography Transformed. Amon Carter Museum
Category

2010s American Realist Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Horse and Carriage Accident - Gay Female Illustrator Golden Age
Located in Miami, FL
Trailblazing Gay Female illustrator of the Golden Age, Ida Waugh, paints a powerful narrative of a
Category

1890s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Illustration Board, Oil

Joyful San Francisco Victorian in Purple with Rainbow like Gay Flag
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A prismatic rainbow symbolic of the Gay Flag crowns a pair of purple San Francisco Victorians
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Gay San Francisco , Folsom Street Fair. BDSM Leather LGBTQ FETISH
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
, show "Images en Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of
Category

2010s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Gay San Francisco , Folsom Street Fair. BDSM Leather LGBTQ FETISH
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Hardback monograph: The Gay 90's (Hand signed by Mark Ryden)
By Mark Ryden
Located in New York, NY
Mark Ryden The Gay 90's (Hand signed by Mark Ryden), 2013 Hardback monograph (hand signed by Mark
Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Board

Gladiators - Gay San Francisco , Folsom Street Fair. BDSM Leather LGBTQ FETISH
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Taken at the Folsom Street Fair. BDSM Leather LGBTQ FETISH in Gay San Francisco. Can a street
Category

2010s American Realist Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Ink

Gladiators - Gay San Francisco , Folsom Street Fair. BDSM Leather LGBTQ FETISH
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Taken at the Folsom Street Fair. BDSM Leather LGBTQ FETISH in Gay San Francisco. Can a street
Category

2010s American Realist Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Ink

Beggar's Opera by Mr. Gay, Nelson Doubleday's Personal Copy with His Bookplate
Located in valatie, NY
The Beggar's Opera. Written by Mr. Gay, to Which Is Prefixed the Overture in Score: And the Musick
Category

Vintage 1920s American Books

Materials

Paper

Bette Midler Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in New York, NY
Bette Midler Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho Al Hirschfeld (1903
Category

1980s Performance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Board, Ink

"Judy Garland" Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in New York, NY
"Judy Garland" Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho Al Hirschfeld
Category

1970s Performance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Board, Ink

"Judy Garland" Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in New York, NY
"Judy Garland" Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho Judy - All Star
Category

1970s Performance Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nude Man Spouting in the Desert - Gay Interest- Born from Mother Earth
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Museum, show "Images en Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of
Category

1970s Surrealist Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"The Queen", Gay San Francisco , Folsom Street Fair. BDSM Leather LGBTQ FETISH
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
". 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color
Category

2010s Modern Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Ink

1980s Erotic nude male portrait of artist's lover, Iconic piece from gay history
Located in Harkstead, GB
his book The Symbolists, before returning to Harvard to complete an honours thesis on Belgian
Category

1980s Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Hungry Wolves Hunt a Women Up a Tree at Night - Gay Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Trailblazing Gay Female illustrator of the Golden Age Ida Waugh paints and powerful narrative of a
Category

1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Fables - Vintage Rare Book Illustrated by William Blake - 1793
By William Blake
Located in Roma, IT
Fables is an original Modern Rare book engraved by Sir William Blake (London, 1757 - London, 1827
Category

1790s More Art

Materials

Paper, Etching

Study of a girl sitting and reading a book
By William Hoare
Located in Bath, Somerset
A study in red chalk of a girl sitting and reading a book. Red chalk on paper under glass in a
Category

Late 18th Century English School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Glass

"Andy Warhol A Retrospective" Art Book MOMA First Edition 1989
By Andy Warhol
Located in San Diego, CA
"Andy Warhol A Retrospective" art book first edition from his exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art
Category

Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books

Materials

Paper

Andy Warhol A Retrospective, Hard-Cover Coffee Table Book, 1989
By MOMA Museum New York, (after) Andy Warhol
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Andy Warhol A Retrospective hard-cover coffee table book, 1989 This is a Collectible book, an '80s
Category

20th Century American Moorish Books

Materials

Paper

Toulouse-Lautrec, The Chap Book, TLautrec, Philadelphia Museum of Art (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
de Toulouse-Lautrec was such an artist: in his drawings and lithographs the Paris of the Gay Nineties
Category

1940s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

San Francisco. 'Seagull over Golden Gate Bridge, 1950s'. Book & Signed Print
By Fred Lyon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
: the beats of North Beach, the hippies of Haight-Ashbury, the gay communities of Castro, and the Black
Category

Mid-20th Century More Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital, Digital Pigment

Neil Leifer, Boxing, 60 Years of Fights & Fighters, Limited Edition, Signed Book
By Neil Leifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
2020 Wilder-Fury rematch. With an introduction by famed journalist Gay Talese, this collection presents
Category

2010s Books

Materials

Aluminum

Hand-Painted Pop American Art in Transition 1955-62 Book December 15 1992
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Hand-Painted Pop: American Art in Transition, 1955-62 Paperback Book. December 15, 1992 by
Category

Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books

Materials

Paper

Checkered Past A Visual Diary of the ’60s and ’70s Book by Peter Schlesinger
By Peter Schlesinger
Located in New York, NY
country homes, and gay discos, and lets us peek not only at the private Hockney but also at W. H. Auden
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Books

Materials

Paper

Young Man with Flower
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
modern and gentle, with a subtle but unmistakably gay touch. In a short period of time, he created an
Category

1950s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ballpoint Pen

Hot Shorts
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
modern and gentle, with a subtle but unmistakably gay touch. In a short period of time, he created an
Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Hot Shorts
Hot Shorts
H 16.75 in W 14 in
Over Head
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
romantic, hopeful, and unabashedly gay. Taschen, the legendary art book publisher, recently released the
Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ballpoint Pen

The Sexual Perspective,
Located in London, GB
good condition, with strong colours. It has been recently framed. Active within the Gay Liberation
Category

1980s Post-War Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

The Sexual Perspective,
The Sexual Perspective,
H 19.3 in W 23.23 in D 0.79 in
Untitled (Spread)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
. His simple line drawings were modern and gentle, with a subtle but unmistakably gay touch. In a short
Category

1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ballpoint Pen

Portrait of a Man (Tony)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
modern and gentle, with a subtle but unmistakably gay touch. In a short period of time, he created an
Category

1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ballpoint Pen

Male Nude Desert Landscape Study
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
designer, director, writer, and photographer. As a photographer, he contributed to numerous gay
Category

1970s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Male Nude Beach Study
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
designer, director, writer, and photographer. As a photographer, he contributed to numerous gay
Category

1970s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Rolling Stone poster, hand signed by Andy Warhol and Bella Abzug LGBTQ pioneer
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
book dealer Burt Britton and his wife Korby. Frame included “I’ve never met a person I couldn’t call a
Category

1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Putti Duo
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
, cherubs, and abundant florals. The book was composed of 16 unbound lithographs with a small number of hand
Category

1950s American Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph, Offset

National Coming Out Day Poster /// Keith Haring Street Pop Art LGBTQ Political
By Keith Haring
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
for the very first National Coming Out Day on October 11, 1988 on behalf of the National Gay Rights
Category

1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset, Lithograph

Seated Gentleman
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
romantic, hopeful, and unabashedly gay. Taschen, the legendary art book publisher, recently released the
Category

1950s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ballpoint Pen, Paper

Prince 1981 by Tony Mottram
Located in Austin, US
call from Jill Furmanovsky saying she’d double booked herself. She had been booked to photograph Bruce
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography

Materials

Giclée

David Bowie 1972 Contact Sheet Print, Framed
By Barrie Wentzell
Located in Austin, US
outfit, lazily smoking a cigarette and reading a book. “Hello, come in,” he said, smiling, and after we
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography

Materials

Giclée

Interview Magazine (Diane von Furstenberg) (Signed by Andy Warhol) /// Pop Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Sacaramento, CA; acquired at a rare book fair
Category

1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Magazine Paper, Lithograph, Offset, Permanent Marker

Monumental Abstract Modernist Oil Panel Oregon Centennial Exposition Mural 1959
By Louis Bunce
Located in Portland, OR
Centennial & Trade Fair in Portland, the installation was titled " Gay Garden Way ", it was painted for the
Category

1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Aleksandr Standing
Located in New Orleans, LA
Arts Award for Young Talent, and was shortlisted for Kassel Dummy Book Award 2020. The book
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Alexander Cañedo, Dancing Man, Surrealistic O/C Painting, ca. 1950’s
Located in New York, NY
League of California faculty show. In 1950, Walter Foster published an art instruction book titled How
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

19th Century Engraving by American Impressionist Herman Hyneman
By Herman Hyneman
Located in Larchmont, NY
experienced artists, as well as that of Walter Gay. In 1879, one of Hyneman's genre paintings, entitled
Category

1880s American Impressionist Portrait Prints

Materials

Engraving

Illusion in Design: New Trends in Architecture and Interiors
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
Author Paul Gunther and Gay Giordano Cutting-edge examples of the use of optical illusion in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Books

Materials

Paper

Martin Wong Eureka California 1978 (1970s Martin Wong mixed media)
By Martin Wong
Located in NEW YORK, NY
found in a self-published book of drawings from 1976, simply titled Eureka, which catalogues the places
Category

1970s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Ink, Paper, Mixed Media, Plastic

Morning Shorts (It's the start of a new day and everything's on the rise)
Located in New Orleans, LA
was shortlisted for Kassel Dummy Book Award 2020. The book participated in numerous exhibitions such
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Viareggio Pano (framed) - unique panoramic photograph of Mediterranean beach
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
acquire (smaller size) single page offset prints from the book "A Portfolio of Landscapes and Figures
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper,...

Porto Miggiano (framed) - large scale photograph of Italian Mediterranean beach
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
the book "A Portfolio of Landscapes and Figures" (published by Steidl) in the secondary market, the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper,...

Historic poster for Park Place Artists (Robert Grosvenor, Leo Valledor & others)
Located in New York, NY
Suvero Jon Baldwin Gay Glading Forrest Myers Tamara Melcher This celebrated poster was designed by the
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Wonderment of Otherness Quilt Painting 007 A Monument to Julius Eastman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
painting has been designated a notable academic text, biography, or resource book documenting a spectrum of
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Enamel, Wire

Carved Wood Mid-Century Sculpture of a Female Form by Diane Derrick
By Diane Derrick
Located in Peabody, MA
Derrick is renowned for her allegorical sculptures of women and for her many years of activism in the gay
Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Carved Wood Mid-Century Sculpture Titled “Miss Num” by Diane Derrick
By Diane Derrick
Located in Peabody, MA
Derrick is renowned for her allegorical sculptures of women and for her many years of activism in the gay
Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

'New to the World', Hans Hoffmann, Brooklyn Museum, Corcoran, Parson School, ASL
By Frances Pratt
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
School of Design from 1948 to 1951 and was also the author of a book entitled 'Encaustic; Methods and
Category

1940s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Hammer & Sickle, acetate of iconic image, given by Warhol to Chromacomp Inc.
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
drama that was missing from the flat-stenciled book versions. A third dimension of rough outlines would
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper

Hardback monograph: George Segal (signed and inscribed by sculptor George Segal)
By George Segal
Located in New York, NY
Institution Book information: Publisher: Ediciones Poligrafa, S.A, 1989 English; Hardback; 128 pages with 132
Category

1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Ink, Offset, Lithograph, Mixed Media, Paper

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