Bunny Yeager Pin - Up Color Negative Bettie Page From 1954 Shoot Fishnet Stockings
Item History & Price
ITEM: You are bidding on an original Bunny Yeager estate archived and owned 4" by 5" color film camera negative, showcasing a colorized view of an iconic black and white image of Bettie Page in back seamed fishnet stockings else nude - taken in 1954, by Bunny Yeager. This was created by Bunny Yeager in the 1980s to 1990's in an attempt to create color images for publication - of the iconic shoots she took of Bettie Page in 1954 that were all shot in black and white. In this instance Ye...ager photographed a large format hand colorized or tinted photograph of this frame which has been airbrushed and colorized by hand - making this a proof negative one of a kind unique estate document. ** Please note we are not offering copyright transfer on this auction as this is a later date internegative **
This item comes directly from Yeager’s estate, part of her archive and inventory, carefully stored.
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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and groundbreaking celebrations of female beauty.Yeager’s archive includes thousands of never-before-seen and many unpublished camera images of leading glamour and cheesecake models, unique camera negatives & transparencies, photographs, contact sheets, original model costumes, props,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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This item comes directly from Yeager’s estate, part of her archive and inventory, carefully stored.
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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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