New York City Tattoo
Subtitle: The Oral History of an Urban Art
Publisher: Hardy Marks Publications
Published: June 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780945367208
Subjects: Special Subjects In Art; Subculture; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Beauty & Grooming - General; Beauty & Grooming - Skin; History - Modern; History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; Oral history; USA; Fine Arts
Description: New York City Tattoo documents the lively, humorous and often violent history of the art from the early years of the 20th century, in the words of the men who "pushed the pins" in places like Coney Island and the Bowery. Tattooing at the time evoked the dangerous fringes of society, and for over a decade Michael McCabe assiduously gained the confidence of the few surviving practitioners of this vanished era.

These highly-charged interviews provide a privileged look into a clannish world of honor, respect, and jealously guarded trade secrets. They reveal facets of New York social history and a volatile, misunderstood and secretive art form.