Larry Clark

unique diptych, each signed, titled, and dated in pencil on the reverse, 1963 (2)

Gift of the photographer to the present owner

These prints, on double-weight paper with a surface sheen, are in generally very good to excellent condition. On the print where the dog's face is more visible, the margin edges are rubbed, the corners are bumped and creased, and there is what appears to be a graphite mark in the left margin near the left edge.
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David Roper was one of a group of friends and companions Larry Clark documented from 1963 to 1971 in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Clark's images were published in his landmark 1971 book, Tulsa, and a portrait of Roper is the first plate in the book.  See Lot 137 for another image from the Tulsa series.