SMITH, JACK

Composite with 4 images from "The Beautiful Book." Silver prints, 4 1/4x5 inches (11.5x13 cm.). Circa 1960 The lot includes an auto-portrait of Smith (nattily attired in a blazer and tie), Marian Zazeela and other Boho luminaries of the late 1950s. Smith, a performance artist and film-maker known for his erotic high jinks and transvestitism, influenced artists as diverse as Cindy Sherman, Matthew Barney, and Andy Warhol, among countless others.