ANDRE GELPKE (GERMAN B. 1947)

TRANSVESTITES, CIRCA 1970

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ANDRE GELPKE (GERMAN B. 1947)
TRANSVESTITES, CIRCA 1970
SIX GELATIN SILVER PRINTS, EACH APPROX. 15½ X 10½ IN. OR THE REVERSE, MOUNTED ON CARD, TITLED AND WITH PHOTOGRAPHER'S INK CREDIT AND COPYRIGHT STAMP ...ANDRé GELPKE...ESSEN - WERDEN ON VERSO. (6)

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BORN IN GERMANY IN 1947, GELPKE BEGAN STUDYING PHOTOGRAPHY IN 1959-62 UNDER OTTO STEINERT. HE WORKED AS A FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER FROM 1974 AND WAS A FOUNDER MEMBER OF VISUM PHOTO AGENCY IN ESSEN, NOW IN HAMBURG. HIS WORK IS IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE NEUE SAMMLUNG IN MUNICH, THE BIBLIOTHèQUE NATIONALE IN PARIS AND THE STEDELIJK MUSEUM IN AMSTERDAM AMONGST OTHERS.

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