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AEDHappyface (British, act. 1950s)
About Seller
1155 Westminster Street
Providence, RI 02909
United States
Vallot Auctioneers was founded in 2003 as a fine art specialty auction house in Tribeca, and recognized as one of the first fine art specialty auction galleries in Manhattan. Now based in Providence, RI, the auction house continues the excellence in focusing on bringing fresh quality lots to the mar...Read more
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About Auction
LiveAug 20, 2026
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- Lot Description
Series of Eight (8) Homoerotic Illustrations by "Happyface".
Ink, graphite, conte crayon, and ballpoint pen on paper.
A series eight (8) homoerotic illustrations by the British artist "Happyface" (as coined by Thomas Waugh in Out/Lines: Gay Underground Graphics from before Stonewall, 2002). [1] Happyface was a homoerotic artist particularly active throughout the 1950s, and remains an enigma within most art scholarship. Happyface's work is known for featuring men of all backgrounds engaged in hookups and orgies with beaming smiles. While his exact identity remains unknown, his presence can be seen within collections of gay underground art throughout Europe and North America.
Various sizes; largest: 29 x 20 cm.
[1] Waugh, Thomas, Madeline Kripke Collection of the History of Lexicography, and James W. Jones Collection of Gay and Lesbian Literature. Out/Lines: Underground Gay Graphics from before Stonewall. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2002. pp. 67-69.
Condition
Various conditions, some creasing along paper edges.
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- Provenance
Property of a Private Manhattan Collection.
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