1. Irving Klaw is a central figure in what fetish art historian Richard Perez Seves has designated as the "Bizarre Underground," the pre-1970 fetish art years.
12 Facts About Irving Klaw
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Klaw was born on November 9,1910, in Brooklyn, New York, to a BMT subway conductor, his father died when Irving was in high school.
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Irving Klaw had a brisk international mail-order business selling cheesecake photos and Hollywood glamour pin-ups.
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Irving Klaw had this loft and he was acquainted with an awful lot of strippers.
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Irving Klaw produced and directed a third film in 1956, Buxom Beautease, without Page.
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Irving Klaw relocated to Florida where he briefly returned to filmmaking in 1963, producing two films: Larry Wolk's Intimate Diary of an Artist's Model and Nature's Sweethearts, co-directing the latter.
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Irving Klaw had multiple duties on these films, including casting, writing dialog, etc.
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Irving Klaw continued to photograph bondage in Miami as well, with models like Maria Stinger.
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Irving Klaw died on September 3,1966 from complications of untreated appendicitis.
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Irving Klaw was survived by two sons, Arthur and Jeffrey.
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Irving Klaw was portrayed by Dukey Flyswatter in the 2004 biographical film Bettie Page: Dark Angel and by Chris Bauer in the 2005 film The Notorious Bettie Page.
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In 2012 Irving Klaw was inducted into the Leather Hall of Fame.