70 EROTIC PHOTOGRAPHS
Photographic archive from the 1960s and 1970s
£1,625
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 22 September 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
Celebrities & Royalty: A large collection of professional shots by Tony Rios, including photographs of Ursula Andres; The Bee-Gees; Julie Christie; Joan Collins; Nathalie Delon; Irish Eurovision Song Contest winner, Dana; Stevie Wonder; Ginger Rogers; Jenny Hanley; Charlton Heston; Mary Hopkins; Bob Dylan; Julie Ege; Glenda Jackson; Ingrid Pitt; Sean Connery; Roger Moore; and Princess Anne; Fashionable Life: including photographs for a German article about life in a house boat on the Thames; an album of documentary photographs of London; Spain: 47 silver gelatin prints, between 28 x 21.5cm and 20 x 25.5cm documenting Spanish life c.1960, including Flamenco dancing, street scenes, portraits and a Gypsy wedding celebration, two images torn and lacking sections; Vintage Erotica: 70 erotic photographs [not taken by Rios], predominantly showing nude women and scenes of lovemaking, dating from the early 1900s to the mid-twentieth century, including one stereoscope card, mainly silver gelatin and albumen prints, with three further erotic watercolour sketches; and a large collection of negatives, contact prints and filming shots (a large quantity)
Footnote
Note: A photographic archive of a London celebrity and fashion photographer in the 1960s and 70s. Rios has created typed blurbs to accompany many of his portraits and headshots. A collection of photographs taken in the south of Spain also demonstrate his skill for documentary photography.