Vintage silver gelatin work print for publication taken at Club 57 on Lady Wrestling Night, 1979.
NY: Privately published by the artist, 1979.
Item #SKB-17658
The print bears Wang's label on the verso and is signed by him and dated 1979 along with the notation "Ann Magnuson at Club 57 Lady Wrestling Night, 1979." The photo shows performance artist, and regular denizen of the club scene, Ann Magnuson sprawled on the bloodied canvas of a boxing ring as blood drips from her mouth and her corner assistants try to help her as the announcer with a microphone leans over the ropes. One of the most famous, often-published photos that epitomized the performance events that took place at Club 57, one of the most famous clubs of the period that served as music venue, screening room, hangout for the likes of Basquiat and Haring, performance space, and art gallery. Harvey Wang was the preeminent photographer of the Downtown club scenes of the '80s covering all the major venues much the same way that Fred McDarrah documented the activities and haunts of the Beats in Greenwich Village a generation earlier. Fine (10" x 8"). A vintage print from 1979, very early in the evolution of the Downtown scene, Haring was working as a busboy at Danceteria and Basquiat was a couple of years away from his first exhibition.
Price: $150.00