Irving Klaw
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| + | "In the early 1950s, photographer [[Irving Klaw]] filmed a very profitable series of [[burlesque]] features, usually featuring star [[Pin-up girl|cheesecake model]] [[Bettie Page]] and various [[lowbrow]] [[comedians]] (including future TV star [[Joe E. Ross]]). Page's most famous features are ''[[Striporama]]'' (1953), ''[[Varietease]]'' (1954), and ''[[Teaserama]]'' (1955)."--Sholem Stein | ||
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| + | '''Irving Klaw''' (November 9, 1910 – September 3, 1966) was an American merchant of [[sexploitation]], [[fetish]], and Hollywood [[glamour]] [[pin-up photographs and films]]. Like his predecessor, [[Charles Guyette]], who was also a merchant of fetish-themed photographs, Klaw was not a photographer, but a merchandiser of fetish art imagery and films. His great contribution to the world was to commission fetish art (with the likes of models like [[Bettie Page]], June King, Joan Rydell, Jackie Miller, et al.) and sponsor illustrative artists (like [[Eric Stanton]], [[Gene Bilbrew]], and many others), and to indirectly promote the legacy of [[Charles Guyette]] and [[John Willie]]. Irving Klaw is a central figure in what fetish art historian Richard Pérez Seves has designated as the "Bizarre Underground," the pre-1970 fetish art years. | ||
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"In the early 1950s, photographer Irving Klaw filmed a very profitable series of burlesque features, usually featuring star cheesecake model Bettie Page and various lowbrow comedians (including future TV star Joe E. Ross). Page's most famous features are Striporama (1953), Varietease (1954), and Teaserama (1955)."--Sholem Stein |
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Irving Klaw (November 9, 1910 – September 3, 1966) was an American merchant of sexploitation, fetish, and Hollywood glamour pin-up photographs and films. Like his predecessor, Charles Guyette, who was also a merchant of fetish-themed photographs, Klaw was not a photographer, but a merchandiser of fetish art imagery and films. His great contribution to the world was to commission fetish art (with the likes of models like Bettie Page, June King, Joan Rydell, Jackie Miller, et al.) and sponsor illustrative artists (like Eric Stanton, Gene Bilbrew, and many others), and to indirectly promote the legacy of Charles Guyette and John Willie. Irving Klaw is a central figure in what fetish art historian Richard Pérez Seves has designated as the "Bizarre Underground," the pre-1970 fetish art years.
