Bobby, Pacific Palisades, 1959, printed in 2000 for California Boys.
Cibachrome print. 5/50.

Titled and dated in pen on the lower margin, "Bobby, Pacific Palisades, 1959"; Signed and editioned on the lower margin, "Mel Roberts, 5/50".

Image: 14 x 14 in. (35.5 x 35.5 cm)

Frame: 23 1/2 x 23 1/4 in. (59.5 x 59 cm)

Literature:

Roberts, Mel, and David Aden Gallery. California Boys: Color Photographs 1959-1980. Santa Monica, California: Fotofactory Press, 2000. p. 19, illustrated.

Notes:

A photograph taken by the pioneering gay American photographer Mel Roberts. Roberts was best known for both his intimate photography of the beach-bodied men of California as well as his work as a gay rights activist. As an active member of the Mattachine Society and an openly gay man producing an extensive body of photographic work, Roberts faced significant hurdles as an artist of the McCarthy era. Roberts' home in Bel Air was routinely raided for his negatives, photographs, and camera equipment, eventually resulting in the artist's early retirement in 1981.

Nothing adverse to note.

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