DE VITA malone After the retirement of Ed

After the retirement of Ed Hardy

this book dives into the life of Albert Kurzman (1880-1954)— aka “Lew the Jew”—one of America’s most influential tattoo artists at the beginning of the 20th century

the book is 24cm by 17cm

one pivotal thing has stayed the same: this book changes the way you think about tattoos

DE VITA malone After the retirement of EdDe Vita Unauthorized As a youth, Thom deVita (born 1932) mingled with famous New York School painters at the Cedar Tavern, and exhibited his paintings at open air art fairs in Washington Square Park. In the 1960s he began tattooing, not long after it was declared illegal in New York (the ban was overturned in 1997). DeVita's eccentric style and sophistication significantly influenced the emergence of tattooing as an art from the 1970s on, and today he