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ARTISTVarious Artists
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AUTHORDerin Bray & Margaret Hodges
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PAGES160
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BINDINGHardback
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SIZE11.5" x 9.5"
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WEIGHT2.6 lbs
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CONTENTTattoo history and flash images
Loud, Naked, & in Three Colors tells the story of the Liberty family, the tattooers who helped define Boston's trade for much of the 20th century: Edward "Dad" Liberty and his sons Frank, Harold and Ted. Written by Derin Bray and Margaret Hodges over six years of research, it is a key tattoo history book for anyone interested in the East Coast side of early American tattooing.
Its 160 pages present more than 700 newly discovered designs painted by the Libertys, Ben Corday, Frank Howard, Ed Smith and others, alongside period photographs of tattooed men and women, military and patriotic flash, and the history that connects them.
Tattoo artists get a large body of rarely seen early American flash to study; collectors get a well-documented account of a family and a city that shaped the craft. It pairs well with Danny G's Frank Howard Edition, which draws on the same Boston lineage.
