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Tava's Art Prints Described

[Part 3]

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Tava47
This print depicts a mask that might represent
"Lugalbanda"
The King before Gilgamesh and 
"The Spirit Of His Father"
from
The Gilgamesh Opera
performed in the early years of 
The Pyramid Club
by 
Madame
 (Larry Ree)
 and
 John Kelly
(Who many may remember performing as Joni Mitchell annually at Wigstock)
and their famous ballet troupe.

Tava48
This print depicts a mask of
"Abzu"
The dragonlike creature defeated by
Gilgamesh 
" Making Him The 'Lord Of The Kur' (Underworld)."
From
The Gilgamesh Opera
performed in the early years of 
The Pyramid Club
by 
Madame (Larry Ree) and John Kelly
and their famous ballet troupe.

Tava49
This print depicts a mask of 
"Enkidu"
which Tava and I wore in a Parade
(sorry can't remember what it was for 
I believe it was near halloween though - anyone have more information?)
that walked downtown from the eighties
in the 
Upper East Side
and ended in Central Park where we sat on benches near a small stage.
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It is also from
The Gilgamesh Opera
performed in the early years of 
The Pyramid Club
by 
Madame (Larry Ree) and John Kelly
and their famous ballet troupe.

Tava50
This print depicts a mask of 
"Gilgamesh"
which Tava and I wore in a Parade
(sorry can't remember what it was for)
that walked downtown from the eighties
in the 
Upper East Side
and ended in Central Park.
--
It is also from
The Gilgamesh Opera
performed in the early years of 
The Pyramid Club
by 
Madame (Larry Ree) and John Kelly
and their famous ballet troupe.

Tava51
This print depicts both masks of
"Gilgamesh And Enkidu"
together
from
The Gilgamesh Opera
performed in the early years of 
The Pyramid Club
by 
Madame (Larry Ree) and John Kelly
and their famous ballet troupe.

Tava52
This print depicts all the masks of 
"The Gilgamesh Opera"
all together.
From
The Gilgamesh Opera
performed in the early years of 
The Pyramid Club
by 
Madame (Larry Ree) and John Kelly
and their famous ballet troupe.

Tava53
This print depicts 
a color photograph made by my good friend,
The Late Bernard Holmberg,
of a curtain that hung for 17 years at
Vinny's "House Of Pain" Parties, where we sold
Tava's Art Prints to Art Patrons interested in more than Tava's art.
I stopped having the parties about a year after the 9/11 tragedy
and dedicated my volunteer time to working with
The ACTG - the largest AIDS Clinical Trial Group Internationally,
which was the group Larry Kramer and ACTUP stormed to be part of in the late 1980's.
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The curtain was originally 
The backdrop from
The Gilgamesh Opera
performed in the early years of 
The Pyramid Club
by 
Madame (Larry Ree) and John Kelly
and their famous ballet troupe.
Photograph Circa 1995

Tava54
This print depicts 
a color photograph from
Bernard Holmberg
of an acrylic on rusted corrugated iron piece at 
Vinny's House Of Pain.
It shows the shadows of
Harmodius And Aristogeiton.
Aristogeiton is 
Sucking
Harmodius's cock.
 Photograph Circa 1995

Tava55
This print depicts 
a color photograph from
Bernard Holmberg
of a broken marble sculpture/painting at
Vinny's House Of Pain.
It shows 
The Pierced Tit
and upper torso
from the sarcophagus to
The Tomb Of Harmodius.
Gold Gilt On Marble.
(Circa 1978)
Photograph Circa 1995

Tava56
This print depicts 
a color photograph from
Bernard Holmberg
of 
The Gold Gilt Guardians at 
Vinny's House Of Pain.
Acrylic on corrugated iron
from 
The Tomb Of Harmodius.
Photograph Circa 1995

Tava57
This print depicts 
a color photograph from
Bernard Holmberg
of Print Tava12 at 
Vinny's House Of Pain.
It shows the piece without the red gel
and has chains from a sling
Hanging In Front Of It!
Photograph Circa 1995

Tava58
This print depicts 
a color photograph from
Bernard Holmberg
of Harmodius's upper torso
in acrylic on corrugated iron at 
Vinny's House Of Pain.
Harmodius's tit is pierced with a
Gold Gilt Ring.
Photograph Circa 1995

Tava60
This print depicts 
a color photograph from
Bernard Holmberg
of the first side of a bottle of beer's label at 
Vinny's House Of Pain,
which Tava painted with the notion
that we should brew our own beer from
The V. J. P.'s Brewing Company
[My Initials].
It would be all natural
"Butt Fucking Beer"
as the label he painted proudly announced,
and his figures demonstrated.
A Condom
came attached to every bottle!
(Circa 1988)
Photograph Circa 1995

Tava61
This print depicts 
a color photograph from
Bernard Holmberg
of the second side of a bottle of beer's label at 
Vinny's House Of Pain,
which Tava painted with the notion
that we should brew our own beer from
The V. J. P.'s Brewing Company.
It would be all natural
"Butt Fucking Beer"
as the label he painted proudly announced,
and his figures demonstrated.
A Condom
came attached to every bottle!
(Circa 1988)
Photograph Circa 1995

Tava62
This print depicts 
a color photograph from
Bernard Holmberg
of a blue jean vest jacket at 
Vinny's House Of Pain
showing a man ready to enter the mouth of a
Decapitated Head,
probably from a victim in the
Peloponnesian Wars,
where Harmodius's And Aristogeiton's battle cry was,
"Freedom Or Death."
a slogan Tava wrote in Greek Letters
on many of his murals.
Photograph Circa 1995

Tava63
This print depicts 
a color photograph from
Bernard Holmberg
of a blue jean vest jacket at 
Vinny's House Of Pain
showing a 
"Primitive Man"
Cut Out Of Leather
giving another man  
"Head."
The figures outer limits are 
Studded In Silver.
Photograph Circa 1995

Tava64
This print depicts
A valentine heart on
The abandoned 
Elevated Henry Hudson Parkway
with a blue-colored
Cock And Balls
tied off and separated into three distinct parts.

Tava65
This print depicts 
"Two Primitive Men"
who are part of the anal culture in
Papua New Giunea's Early Culture.
They are shadows against a pier wall with
Rubble On The Ground
near their feet.
(Circa 1976)

Tava66
This print depicts 
The Tomb Of Harmodius,
near the 
Face Of Hippias,
where the 
Sword Of Freedom Or Death
hangs.
Black and White Photograph.

Tava67
This print depicts
a black and white poster
of
Tava
as
Christ
in the rare pornographic film
"Him -- The Sex Life Of Christ"
(Circa 1973)
Also see Print 41.
Ironically, I saw this film in the 1970's
at the Adonis Theater years before
meeting Tava.

Tava68
This print depicts 
a color photograph from
Bernard Holmberg
of the front foyer door at 
Vinny's House Of Pain.
It's a stained glass door
modeled after Tava's Print 3
of the
Man Riding A Dolphin.
--
I had it made to commemerate
The Tenth Anniversary
when
Tava and I first invited our friends/art patrons to
Vinny's House Of Pain
to receive some original prints of
Tava's Art.
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The glass door was done in 
Provincetown, Cape Cod
by
Christie -- Taqwa Stained Glass
(Circa October 1996)
photographed Circa 1997.