Price: $850.00
Unbound. Large black and white 1950s vintage photograph of the author Irving Shulman concentrating on a chess board, by poet and beat-era anthologist Arthur W. Knight. Image size approximately 12" x 16.5", mounted on artist board. Photographer's stamp "Arthur Knight – Petaluma" on the rear. Light wear to the edge of the artist board, still fine. Two stickers on the back from when the photo was exhibited in 1956 at the Redwood Empire Camera Club in Santa Rosa, California (and where the photo took 4th place in the advanced category). Inscribed by Shulman on the artist board below the image: "3/30/56 For Arthur Knight – with really many thanks. Irving Shulman." Knight took up photography as a teenager and had some success with literary subjects: his photos appear on more than 200 dustjackets. He later became involved in the beat and counterculture scene and with his wife Kit Knight edited and published numerous works. Shulman wrote many novels including *The Amboy Dukes*, *The Square Trap*, *Cry Tough!*, and *The Big Brokers*. He also wrote the screenplay for *Rebel Without a Cause*. An attractive and striking vintage image.
Item #64149
