Vintage portrait of Diane Webber by Russ Meyer, Playboy 1956 - Superb original photograph, vintage silver print. Stamp on verso.
Freshly framed, with matte black wood and non-glare glass.
Russ Meyer, American director, screenwriter and photographer, is best known for his sexploitation films, some of which have become cult hits. In 1955, two years after the creation of Playboy magazine, the Playmate of the Month for June was Eve Meyer, photographed by her husband.
Diane Webber posed twice as Playmate for Playboy magazine under her maiden name Marguerite Empey, in May 1955 and February 1956. This photograph is from the second shoot.
Russ Meyer follows in the footsteps of erotic photographers such as Avedon, Bailey, Barbieri, Blumenfeld, Bourdin, Demarchelier, Donovan, Faurer, Fontana, Giacometti, Gibson, Hiro, Ionesco, Kane, Lagrange, Mapplethorpe, Newman, Newton, O'Neil, Penn, Rawlings, Watson, Webber, Yeager... and many others.
- Description: Vintage silver print, original photo.
- Photographer : Russ Meyer [1922-2004]
- Title : Marguerite Empey, February 1956
- Technique: Photography and silver print
- Year : 1956
- Signature : Stamp on back
- Condition : Very good
- Print size : 25,5 cm x 20,5 cm
Specifications
ConditionExcellentColorsWhite, BlackMaterialWool, Paper, GlassNumber of items1OrientationLandscapeArt sizeSmallHeight22 cmWidth27 cm