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Sheafer + King Modern is pleased to present our June Art + Design Auction featuring a wonderful collection of modern and fine art, designer furniture, art glass, and ceramics. Highlights include Herman Miller and Knoll furniture, Italian ceramics including a rare Alvino Bagni bull, paintings by Cheyenne/Arapaho artist Brent Learned, a triptych of paintings by contemporary artist Andrew Cooper, a pair of Modeline lamps and other designer lighting, antique and modern prints, collections of ceramics, art glass, photography, and other designer furniture.
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Lot 165

Bruce Cratsley 1988 “Albert’s Closet” Photograph

Estimate: $50 - $100
Starting Bid
$30

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1988 black and white photograph titled Albert's Closet by photographer Bruce Cratsley (1944-1998). Photograph mounted on heavy paper. Signed, dated, and titled verso.

Bruce Cratsley was an American photographer that graduated from Swarthmore College in 1966. He worked as a gallerist for 20 years, before becoming a full-time photographer in 1986. In 1988, Cratsley was awarded with a Guggenheim Fellowship. Cratsley followed the LGBTQA+ scene in New York throughout the AIDS epidemic, capturing important cultural events including the New York City LGBT Pride March and the first Wigstock. Today, his works belong in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Harvard Art Library. 

Measurements: 14” W x 17” H (heavy paper); 9.25” W x 9.5” H (photograph).

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From the collection of Cortland Jessup. Jessup was the owner of the Cortland Jessup Gallery in New York City and Provincetown, MA.