LLYN FOULKES (b. 1934)
Laurey Santa Monica Pier, 1975
Photograph on Kodak Metalic Endura Paper
22 ½ x 23 ¾ inches
From the edition of 9 plus A.P.’s
Signed and dated by the artist
Published in conjunction with the artist’s Hammer Retrospective
2012
Llyn’s first wife, Kelly, happened to be the daughter of Ward Kimball, Disney’s head animator. Ward not only gave Llyn a copy of the first page from the 1934 Mickey Mouse Club handbook with its blatant mission to “implant beneficial principles” into the minds of children, he also got him back into music with his Fivehouse Five plus Two band.
Beginning in the early seventies, music came back in full force with The Rubber Band with all original music and lyrics written by Foulkes. This culminated in a performance on the Johnny Carson Show in 1974. From that point forward, Llyn became a one-man band with the assembly of his infamous invention ‘The Machine’.
Llyn’s subject here is their daughter as a young teenager in a photo booth session with Dad putting in the quarters.
Kelly Kimball and Llyn Foulkes with Laurie, 1962
Photo by Ward Kimball
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