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Title: Eric Stanton & the History of the Bizarre Underground Condition: New EAN: 9780764355424 ISBN: 9780764355424 Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd Format: Hardback Release Date: 15/10/2018 Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 254mm Item Length: 178mm Author: Richard Pérez Seves Genre: Biography Topic: Arts & Photography, Architecture & Antiques ISBN-10: 0764355422 Item Weight: 953g Description: Tracing the rise of commercial fetish art from its shadowy beginnings in the 1940s to its acceptance in the 1970s, this illustrated biography explores the unconventional life and art of Eric Stanton, a pioneering sexual fantasist who helped shape the movement. With more than 400 rare images and interviews with Stanton’s family and closest associates, this biography chronicles the infamous circle of patrons, publishers, and cult icons populating his subterranean world, including Irving Klaw, John Willie, Bettie Page, Steve Ditko, and Gene Bilbrew. It is the untold, secret history of a misunderstood culture, the abuses of government authority, social intolerance, and gangsters. But above all, it is a tale about survival against all odds and an artist who had the courage to stay true to himself. Release Year: 2018
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