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  • Publisher: N.p.
  • Date published: 1978
N.p.: N.p., 1978. Archive of 14 iconic vintage photographs of Studio 54 celebrities and revelers by photographer William Coupon, all from 1978. Ten of these are signed and dated by Coupon at the bottom right, and one bears a tag on the verso, noting, "Two Dancers, Studio 54, August, 1978." Images of Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Grace Jones, Patti Smith, and Divine are included in the collection, along with a variety of other glamorous and fascinating visitors to the exclusive New York night club. Coupon's Studio 54 photographs were included in the International Center of Photography exhibition "Fleeting Gestures: Treasures of Dance Photography" in late 1978, his first major exhibition. The photographs in this collection were exhibited at Photo London 2019 and on display at Tenderbooks in London in conjunction with Rare Photo Gallery in Toronto. Coupon was born in New York City, and after attending Syracuse University returned there in 1978. He began to photograph the disco/celebrity scene at Studio 54 and the punk/New Wave scene at the Mudd Clubb in lower Manhattan. During this time he also became a successful commercial photographer, working for a variety of international magazines, record companies, and advertising agencies. In the 1980s and 1990s Coupon did several series on various sub-cultures and indigenous peoples that he called "Social Studies." In 1992 he was invited to photograph the world's tribal leaders during Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The work, at the request of the United Nations and the United States Congress, was exhibited in 1994 in the United States Senate Rotunda as part of the UN's "Year of the Indigenous People." Coupon's vast catalog of portraits include world leaders, noted writers, artists, and musicians, as well as his highly regarded indigenous portraits. He has photographed covers for Newsweek, Rolling Stone, and the New York Times Sunday Magazine as well as assignments for Esquire, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, People, and many more. He photographed 15 covers for Time magazine, including the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush "Person of the Year" covers and has photographed all of the Presidents of the United States from Richard Nixon going forward. 8 x 10 inches, archivally matted to 16 x 20 inches. Near Fine overall.
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  • Date published: 1975
[New York, Paris, etc., 1975. 4to and smaller. Generally very good to fine (some wrinkles and folds). 4to and smaller. From Her Early Years in New York. A nice clutch of material from Patti Smith's early years in New York, written or inscribed to Faith Cross, long time employee of the Scribner Book Store, where Smith also worked. a) "Happy birthday to my New York (and very young) mother I have no present for you but real honest-to-goodness love, patti" b) "Happy birthday, Mr Palmer says your spirit will never grow up - Peter Pan salutes you and I say - only flowers in gardens and meadows for you ... free spirits and a good birthday, patti" [Undated, in black felt tip pen on the verso of a Charles Scribner's Sons billhead.] c) [caricature of a bird-headed woman, undated in black felt tip pen, wrinkled] d) "Faith, Good morning thank you for the ice cream - somehow I missed you, I stayed til 6:00 & did my work (no woofs in sight) [doodle of a person with hat] Straw hat" [Undated, in red ballpoint pen on the verso of a Charles Scribner's Sons billhead, some tears to edges] e) "Thinking of you Christmas New Years & every day xxx I love you, Patti" (on small card) f) Dear Faith, I dropped in to say hello again. My Job around the corner is high paying but sure is lonely. Happy George Washingtons Birthday & all that stuff. I'm waiting on your birthday, Patti (without a drop of soup in my blood)" [On Scribner Book Stores notepaper] g) Printed birthday card, signed "Faith, happy birthday, love patti" h) Dear Faith, I stopped by to see you, just got in from Canada ... Things are going pretty well, I'm doing a lot of freelancing Oh Faith! I'm doing a full page story on Blaise Cendrars my literary hero for a new literary magazine called Zygote ...I miss you, love, patti" [On Scribner Book Stores notepaper] h) "Abercrombie is gone but I'm still here, merry Christmas, patti" i) Single sheet program for "Femme Fatale: The Three Faces of Gloria, A Religious Entertainment" by Jackie Curtis, where Patti took the role of Paula von Gunta beside Jackie Curtis as Irish "Gloria" Fairchild, and Penny Arcade, produced at La Mama, May 1970. Inscribed on the verso, "To Faith, love to the leading lady behind the scenes! The one who kept me alive to rob the hairdressers! Thank you, Patti!" Folded. j) Postcard from Paris, postmarked 23 Spetember 1970, "Dear Faith, I found a real neat Turkish guy who feeds me almost as well as you do ... Worked in the streets again, the fire eaters are sexier than ever. I miss you as much & more than my own mom, love patti" k) Smith, Patti. Early Morning Dream. [8] pp. [New York, 1972], Pictorial self wrappers, limitation statement on back wrapper: Limited edition 100 [no. 31]. OCLC 16569365. Inscribed inside front cover, "To Faith dirty little tale filled with a lotta clean love - for you! patti smith". Provenance: Gary Oleson (Waiting for Godot Books)
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