Original pin-up photograph of Tana Louise with a riding crop, circa 1958

N.p. N.p., Circa 1958. Vintage pinup photograph of burlesque dancer, striptease artist, and fetish model Tana Louise, also known as the "Cincinnati Sinner," circa 1958. Annotations in manuscript pencil to the verso, noting the name of photography merchant Irving Klaw and copy No. 6, as well as an old price stamp.

Tana Louise was a regular contributor to "Exotique," an early fetish magazine published between 1955 and 1959, both as a columnist and a model.

A cultural successor to Charles Guyette and John Willie, Irving Klaw was a key figure in the world of fetish art in the 1950s and 1960s, both selling fetish and pinup photography as well as producing and directing fetish and sexploitation films. Klaw is today best remembered for his work with Bettie Page, and for his commissions from renowned fetish artists such as Eric Stanton and Gene Bilbrew.

4 x 5 inches. Near Fine, lightly toned.

[Book #171734]