Original photograph of Buddy Baer, circa 1940s

N.p. N.p., Circa 1940s. Vintage photograph of heavyweight boxing champion Buddy Baer, circa 1940s.

From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah.

Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

In addition to a fruitful boxing career, Buddy Baer appeared in seventeen films, largely in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as several television episodes.

8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly toned, with a nick at the bottom edge.

[Book #162271]