1985 “New Jersey Tulips” Photograph by Bruce Cratsley

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A 1985 photograph taken by the American photographer Bruce Cratsley (1944-1998). Titled New Jersey Tulips, this black and white photograph … Read more A 1985 photograph taken by the American photographer Bruce Cratsley (1944-1998). Titled New Jersey Tulips, this black and white photograph captures an arrangement of tulips as it casts a shadow on a nearby wall. Signed, titled, and dated verso, the photograph is mounted on heavy paper and is unframed.

Bruce Cratsley was an American photographer that graduated from Swarthmore College in 1966. He worked as a gallerist for 20 years, before becoming a full-time photographer in 1986. In 1988, Cratsley was awarded with a Guggenheim Fellowship. Cratsley followed the LGBTQA+ scene in New York throughout the AIDS epidemic, capturing important cultural events including the New York City LGBT Pride March and the first Wigstock. Today, his works belong in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Harvard Art Library.

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14” W x 17” H (heavy paper); 9.75” W x 9.75” H (photograph). See less