Martha Cooper “Street Play” Photograph – Urban/Street Art RARE
First Folio & First Illustrated Bible in America, 1788-90 $75000 Shop Martha Cooper “Street Play” Photograph – Urban/Street Art RARE $2200 Shop “Street Play” Photograph By Martha Cooper 24” x 16” Initialed in Pen on Verso Martha Cooper’s photos take us through the Alphabet City of the late 70’s as the area was about to undergo extensive urban renewal a process that is still continuing today. At the time, the neighborhood had more than its share of drug dealers and petty criminals, and the landscape seemed ugly and forbidding. But to the children who grew up there, the abandoned buildings and rubble-strewn lots made perfect playgrounds, providing raw materials and open space for unsupervised play. A crumbling tenement housed a secret clubhouse, rooftops became private aviaries, and a pile of trash might be a source for treasure. Her photographs reveal a neighborhood of stressed 6 story walk-ups, housing projects, boarded up buildings and vacant lots strewn with garbage. But that’s not the subject. “I began concentrating on what kids were doing when adults weren’t around.” She discovered a complex and fanciful world of children’s play there. “I began to see all these creative things that kids were doing in the streets and empty lots with minimal materials. They proved you didn’t need complicated playgrounds and a lot of expensive toys to have fun. The first toy that got me thinking was an airplane made from two pieces of found wood and a nail.” About the Author Martha Cooper is a photographer who has specialized in shooting urban vernacular art and architecture. Her first book Subway Art (Thames & Hudson,1984), a legendary collaboration with Henry Chalfant, is still in print after years later. Martha’s photos have been widely exhibited in museums and galleries and published in innumerable magazines from National Geographic to Vibe. Large Peepshow, 1745, Engelbrecht, Paper Toys Shop $2750 Seven Years in Tibet 1st edition 1953 Signed By Heinrich Harrer Shop $1000 18th Century Ethiopian Prayer Book Manuscript Hand Written Vellum Bible In Bag Shop $1250 Dalí, Henry V. Shakespeare, Signed and Numbered in Pencil 157/250, Framed Shop $2250 Antique Movable Book Collection 5 Total, Mulder and Swoon, Doll Books Shop $495 Antique Collection of Monopoly’s Including “Finance” & “Real Estate” Shop $250 * ABOUT US: We specialize in rare and first edition books with over 20 years of experience. We have everything from Early Pop-Up Books to PMM, Fine Bindings and Fine Press, as well as Street and Pop Art among other scarcities. We are a combination of the new and the old, juxtaposed. If you have any items you wish to buy or sell, please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you! * REFUND POLICY: If your item is not as described you may return it within 30 days of receiving it for a full refund and my sincere apology. I try my best to describe every detail so you will not be disappointed when it arrives. *Every item will be nicely packaged in a box. I do not want it damaged just as much as you do not want it damaged. *I am not a photographer, I am a bookseller.
Signed Bill Medley 24×16″ Poster 1977. 2nd Poster Shown To Compare Signatures
AI puts the date at 1977 based on visual attributes (hair length, sideburns, clothing).