John Gibson Gallery: The Early Years
From the Collection
Sold
$100
$60
Sold
Sold
$100
Sold
Sold
$125
$125
$100
$125
$100
Sold
-
![]()
The Strange World of Neke Carson: Early Works, 1970–85
CollectionsThis is a show filled with unusual masterpieces: psychologically-charged drawings that hint at impropriety; ephemera from guerrilla performances staged in Soho galleries without permission; the notorious rectal-realist paintings created with a paintbrush in his behind; and objects connected with ventures like Carson’s LaRocka Modeling Agency and LaRocka Nite Club (later… -
![]()
Cara Perlman: Finger-Paint Portraits, Tin Pan Alley, 1981–82
CollectionsPerlman’s portraits, executed with a painting method typically used by children, fit broadly into the 1980s wave of neo-expressionism but they go way beyond that context. -
![]()
AREA: Cards and Invites from the Legendary Nightclub, 1983–1986
CollectionsAREA became New York City’s top club in the mid-80s, with much of its success rooted in its popularity among artists, many of whom participated in the club’s ambitious program of creating new themes and décor every six weeks. -
![]()
Christy Rupp: Rats and Other Early Works, 1979–1983
CollectionsChristy Rupp achieved early fame with her art when a street poster she created became the focus of widespread media attention in 1979 during a contentious, three-week strike by NYC sanitation workers. -
![]()
IGTimes: Urban Street Culture, 1984–1994
CollectionsAmong the underground publications of the 1970s and 80s IGTimes has the distinction of being the first periodical devoted to New York street and subway art. -
![]()
12 Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, Postcard Set 1983, Peter Hujar
CollectionsA recent visit to the Peter Hujar retrospective “Speed of Life” at the Morgan Library and Museum brought to mind a fashion ephemera item in the Gallery 98 collection. The Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B. (1983) is a mini-portfolio consisting of a decorated cover and twelve postcards, eight… -
![]()
Guerrilla Girls: Feminist Street Posters, 1985–1991
CollectionsWhen the Guerrilla Girls began wheatpasting their first posters on walls in Soho and Tribeca in 1985 they introduced a provocative new type of politicized street art that had an almost immediate effect. Rooted in an era when women were increasingly conscious of widespread inequalities in America, the Guerrilla Girls… -
![]()
Mary Boone Gallery:A History in Art Ephemera
CollectionsMary Boone’s decision to close her galleries as she gets ready to begin serving a 30-month jail sentence for tax evasion, brings to a halt the storied reign of one of New York’s most public and successful dealers. -
![]()
Talk is Cheap: A Street Poster Exhibition, 1984
CollectionsIn the 1970s and 80s much of downtown New York lay in decay but amidst the economic squalor a surprising art renaissance emerged along the district’s streets and walls. Most people remember the graffiti from that period but of equal interest was the profusion of street posters. This was the… -
![Since cameras were banned from courtrooms, news outlets depended on professional sketch artists like Freda Reiter for visuals. When Reiter was assigned the Watergate burglary trial, in 1973, she had no idea that she would be spending the better part of two years in Washington.]()
Watergate Courtroom Sketches by Freda L. Reiter, 1973–75
CollectionsTo provide sufficient visuals for the substantial airtime allotted to the story each night, Reiter made multiple sketches a day: close-up portraits, as well as wide-angle views of the courtroom incorporating as many as 28 figures. -
![]()
Andrew Castrucci & Bullet Space: A Lower East Side Art Squat, 1980s & ’90s
CollectionsIn the mid-1980s, as gentrification encroached on the East Village, the neighborhood’s eastern fringe remained a lawless landscape of abandoned buildings and rubble-strewn lots. -
![]()
Letters and Ephemera: Anne MacDonald, Sam Wagstaff, Robert Mapplethorpe
CollectionsThe connection between Anne MacDonald (1942 – 2018) and Sam Wagstaff (1921 – 1987) dates back to the early 1970s when she was on the Board of Trustees at the Detroit Institute of Art where he was a curator. Despite her title, MacDonald was still in her 20s and…
