Partner Bernard Perlin

Wilbur Pippin and Bernard PerlinWilbur T. Pippin (May 25, 1924 - April 30, 2003) was a press photographer and author, with Marian Winters, of Catwise: Quotations by famous writers and thinkers accompany photographs of cats that display their diverse personalities and activities.

Pippin was the Press Representative of Protective Custody, which opened on December 28, 1956, on Broadway.

Pippin was in a relationship with Bernard Perlin. He introduced Paul Thek and Peter Harvey to the renowned mid-century photographer George Platt Lynes.

Pippin died in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, at age 78 years old on April 30, 2003.

Wilbur Pippin, Paul Thek and Peter Harvey, NYC 1956, 10 x 8 in., Gelatin silver print Watermill Center Collection, L2013.06.15
Wilbur Pippin, Paul Thek and Peter Harvey, NYC 1956, 10 x 8 in., Gelatin silver print Watermill Center Collection, L2013.06.15


Wilbur Pippin, Paul Thek, 1956, Gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 in., Collection of Peter Harvey L2013.06.14


Wilbur Pippin (1924-2003), Untitled (Peter Harvey and Paul Thek in NYC), 1956, Digital enlargement, 10.75 x 10.75 in., Collection of Peter Harvey


Wilbur Pippin, Untitled (Peter Harvey), 1956, Gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 in., Collection of Peter Harvey, L2012.2.28


Wilbur Pippin, Paul Thek and Peter Harvey, NYC 1956, Gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 in., Watermill Center Collection, L2013.06.16


Jack Kerouac, circa 1950 gelatin silver print 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm.) Stamped; twice with photographer's credit stamp on verso. Label with typed caption affixed to verso: "Jack Kerouac author of 'On the Road' and 'The Subterraneans'" Printed circa 1950 Lot ID68518

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Bernard Perlin by Fred Melton and Wilbur Pippin (1954)


By Wilbur Pippin, Parsons School of Design President Van Day Truex stands behind a desk, at a window. This image was likely taken sometime after Truex's presidency. The Parsons School of Design Alumni Association borrowed and reproduced a print from the photographer to illustrate an article by Truex in the June 1966 issue of Alumni magazine.

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