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Our AFTER DARK/OCTOBER catalog presents an exceptional collection of art focused on the beauty of the male form across the categories of painting, illustration, photography, and more. Selections range from vibrant paintings by artists such as Mark Beard, Robert Bliss, Cornelius McCarthy, and Delmas Howe; homoerotic works by iconic Japanese artists including Sadao Hasegawa, Go Mishima, and Gengoroh Tagame; and an assortment of drawings and ephemera from to iconic gay figures like Paul Cadmus and Sam Steward.
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Lot 23

Sam Steward (American, 1909-1993)

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Starting Bid
$400

Bid Increments

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STUD, 1984.
Signed and dedicated 1st edition. 295 pages, hard cover
Hand signed by Samuel M. Steward with a dedication to Mark Bassett on the front page, "For Mark Bassett - industrious, intelligent - and certainly seeming determined to make a star out of pore ole Phil Andros aka Sam Steward - with all best wishes."

Dust-jacket illustration by: Etienne (Dom Orejudos) (Filipino/American,1933-1991).

Accompanied by a 1986 interview transcript between Sam Steward and Mark Bassett, at Steward's home in Berkley, California. 30 pages.

Andros, Phil (Samuel Steward). Stud. First edition. Washington, D.C.: Guild Press, Ltd., 1966.

Condition

Some wear along dust cover, lightly edgeworn.

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Provenance

Property of Mark Bassett, acquired form the artist.

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