Christopher Makos (b.1948)

$3,500.00

Tattooed Man Holding Cat, ca 1970.

Signed in red pencil on verso.

Size 8.25 x 10 inches. Unframed and unmounted.

This example was a press photo sent to offices of After Dark Magazine 1968-73. One other example of the image is known, with unique black border, also in our collection.

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Christopher Makos (born 1948) is an American photographer and visual artist. Makos is known for his photographs of Queer icons and pop stars, and of the male body. Makos apprenticed with photographer Man Ray, and assisted and collaborated with Andy Warhol. Makos' photographs have been published in Interview, Rolling Stone, House & Garden, New York Magazine, Esquire, Genre and People among others.

Provenance: archive of After Dark and Dance Magazine editor William Como. After Dark was an essential source on dance, theater, performance art, ballet, and cinema of the late 60 and 1970s and a foundational piece of gay cultural history that influenced a generation of artists.