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Tomata du Plenty&nbsp;Untitled [painting on wood]&nbsp;Los Angeles: Tomata du Plenty, 1989. Acrylic paint and rhinestones on cut-out plywood board. Approx. 23 x 15 in. Signed and dated "Tomata 1989" on verso. A very fine example.&nbsp;Rare original artwork by the artist and musician Tomata du Plenty. This piece depicts a green-haired, topless woman performing on stage with a cigar-smoking man seated in chair in foreground.Du Plenty, born David Xavier Harrigan (1948-2000), fronted the groundbreaking 1970s Los Angeles synth-punk band The Screamers. He was also a member of the counterculture theatre troupes Ze Whiz Kids in Seattle and the Cockettes in San Francisco. A multi-talented performer, actor, and artist, Du Plenty greatly influenced arts and music scenes wherever he lived, whether in Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, New Orleans, or Miami.&nbsp;In 1982, after finding an old set of brushes and paint in an alley off Hollywood Boulevard, Du Plenty dedicated the rest of his career to painting. His work was classified as folk or outsider art; he did not mind the description, and often sold his paintings for only ten to twenty-five dollars each at local bars. He first worked with watercolors on found sheets of paper, and later moved almost exclusively to paintings on wooden boards, often wood cut outs. The subjects of his works were often pop culture heroes, artists he admired, local characters, and friends. A cult hero both during his life and after his death, his paintings still resonate as documentation of the vibrant queer punk counterculture scenes he traveled in throughout the US.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Tomata du Plenty — Untitled [painting on wood]

Singular works, multiples, and photographs — from famed Victorian illustrator C.E. Brock, to contemporary portraits of jazz legends, to Russ Meyer film stills.

Piero Heliczer, [Andy Warhol]“Joan of Arc” collage, with facsimile manuscript poemOffset sheets reproducing collaged photographic illustrations, facsimile pen-and-ink illustration, and a facsimile autograph manuscript. Two sheets mounted together, framed and glazed. Each, to sight: 10 ¾ x 8 ½ in. Some chips to extremities, browning and soiling, more so to margins.As a poet, genius publisher of the Mimeo Revolution, and underground filmmaker, Heliczer was a central figure of New York’s downtown art scene. His film Joan of Arc, from which these images are derived, starred Andy Warhol, Jack Smith, Tuli Kupferberg, Ira Cohen, Angus MacLise, among numerous other postwar downtown luminaries. The poem reads, “i was born in / transylvania / in a town I cant / recall / now; live in / pennyslvania / where i really / have a ball // fuck me fuck me / fuck me piero / that is all that they / can say / i have become a / bed room hero / but i like it in the hay”Of the film, Heliczer said, “The story of Joan of Arc as applied to the present revolution in arts and mores. The Gothic is applied to the War in Vietnam. The film is experimental in the sense that in it the visual becomes tactile. With Arnold Rockwood (as the Policeman), Jack Smith (as LBJ), Rene Richard, Ira Cohen, Wm. de Vore, Gerard Malanga, Tuli Kupferberg (as Bonnie Prince Charlie), Jose Rodriguez-Soltero (as the Priest), Chas. Henri Ford, Jane Waldren, Wendy Norins and many others.”A striking collage, of which we can trace no other examples.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Piero Heliczer, [Andy Warhol] — Joan of Arc collage

Gerald ScarfeStudy for Artwork from Pink Floyd’s The Wall [signed][London]: np, [ca. 1982]. Ink on thick paper. 28 x 22 in. Closed tear to right side, repaired with tape on verso. Signed by artist. Provenance: from Juliette Gale, first wife of Pink Floyd keyboardist and vocalist Rick Wright.Early study by Gerald Scarfe for the terrifying and creaturely animations that he would design for The Wall, the 1982 movie opera based on the Pink Floyd record of the same name. Designed in close collaboration with Roger Waters.Gerald Scarfe is an English illustrator and cartoonist, most well-known for his magazine caricatures and his collaborations with Pink Floyd, including animating their "Welcome to the Machine" music video, and creating the artwork for their 1979 album The Wall, its 1982 film adaptation, and the supporting 1980-81 tour. This large black-and-white abstract ink sketch was made as concept art for his work on The Wall.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Gerald Scarfe — Study for artwork, Pink Floyd’s The Wall [signed]

Henry Chalfant&nbsp;[Group portrait of kids with boombox, signed][New York]: Henry Chalfant, ca. 1980s. C-print. Signed by photographer at lower right. To sight: 6 ¼ x 9 1/2 in., matted and framed to 12 x 15 in.&nbsp;Lively photograph of a group of children with a boombox hanging out on a New York City sidewalk by photographer Henry Chalfant, best known for documenting NYC’s graffiti and street art scene of the 1970s and 80s.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Henry Chalfant — [Group portrait of kids with boombox, signed]

Promotional photographs for Russ Meyer filmsHollywood: Eve Productions, Inc., [1965]-1967. Three silver gelatin prints. 10 x 8 in matted to 11 x 14 in. Light bumping to corners of photographs, but clean and bright examples.Three promotional photographs of three different Russ Meyer films, including Motor Psycho, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, and Good Morning and Good-Bye. Russ Meyer was known for his sexploitation films, which featured campy humor, satire, and his unabashed obsession with buxom women, leading his name to become synonymous with that physical type.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Promotional photographs for Russ Meyer films

Gee VaucherSmile[England]: Exitstencil Press, nd. Offset print on thick paper. Signed, titled, and embossed on recto beneath print. 20 ½ x 14 in. Near fine.&nbsp;Vaucher's collage originally appeared as the front page of International Anthem: The Nihilist Newspaper for the Living in 1979.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Tomata du Plenty — Untitled [painting on wood]

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