JACKIE CURTIS (ca. 1970s) Photo archive

Various. No binding. Near Fine. New York: Various, ca. 1970s. Set of 10 vintage original black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photos, two of which are double weight. Overall near fine.

Jackie Curtis (1947–1985) was a prominent American underground actor, playwright, singer and poet known as an influential Warhol superstar and a pioneer of NYC's queer avant-garde theater in the 1960s-70s. Often appearing in drag, Curtis wrote and starred in cult plays like Glamour, Glory and Gold (1967) and acted in Warhol films Flesh (1968) and Women in Revolt (1971).

Photos are mostly from the early-1970s and include Curtis in and out of drag in several unique portraits; promoting the films Sex, Blood Red Roses and W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism; with friends at a party in Dotson Rader's bathtub; at a Doors party at the Hilton in 1970 and at a nightclub.