Vintage Alfred Statler 1971 Photograph Abbie Hoffman & Tom Forcade Book Dispute

Description: 8"W x 10"H - This is a vintage and original gelatin silver photograph taken in 1971 by Alfred Statler, capturing a moment in New York City history. This is an editorial shot of High Times Magazine founder Tom Forcade and author, "Yippie" founder and activist Abbie Hoffman during their 1971 "trial" over payment for editing the Hoffman book "Steal This Book." Forcade believed his editing work on the book was worth a $5,000 payment, but Hoffman said he would only pay $500. Both men were into the counterculture movement and, therefore, decided to settle their dispute in a type of counterculture "trial" as opposed to going to a court of law. The court decided for Hoffman and Forcade received the $500 payment, but famously refused to shake Hoffman's hand following the trial. This photo comes directly from the estate of Alfred and Betty Statler. Photograph measures 8" x 10" with an image size of 6" x 9" on a matte, double weight paper stock. Self-made, cat-crazy photographer couple Alfred and Betty Statler captured the heyday of New York's art scene, its celebrities and intellectual elite, and the sometimes gritty underbelly of the city's industrial core. Drawn to the City's artistic and intellectual milieu, and to each other, the two documented New York City and their travels around the world. Alfred Staler was born Alfred Goldschmidt in the Bronx, New York City, in 1916. He served in a European photography unit during World War II, developing his photography skills. He returned to the States and enrolled at Cooper Union, then jetted off to France to refine his medium in the City of Lights, documenting the European post-war period. While living in Paris he studied painting under Fernand Léger. After two years, Statler and his wife Betty found themselves back in New York, where Alfred freelanced for most of the important periodicals of the day, his work appearing in the New York Times, LIFE, The Saturday Evening Post, among others. But he is best recognized for his pairing with Time magazine. Known for his photojournalist/documentary approach to assignments, Statler preferred to capture his subjects in their "real life;" at work, at lunch, or at home. He photographed the likes of Elie Wiesel, Duke Ellington, Andy Warhol, and Walter Cronkite, to name but a few of the artists and political figures who knew his lens. Alfred Statler died in NYC in 1984. Betty Statler was born Elizabeth Marie Eslinger in Indiana, in 1921. She moved to New York City in 1939 and found work at the New York Public Library, where she fell in love with photography. Spurned on by this interest she moved on to Time's research department after WWII, where she met Alfred on assignment. The two moved to Paris and traveled around Europe extensively, documenting the post-war period. Upon returning to New York Betty joined back up with Time. Her body of work includes extensive travel photographs, ongoing documentation of cats (with Alfred), humanist series for Jubilee, and notably her later-career images of Mother Theresa in India which were reproduced in Time. She continued to photograph until the 1990s, when macular degeneration halted her career. With poor eyesight, Betty turned to sculpture until her death in 2013.

Price: 125 USD

Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota

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