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Group of five items originating from the family of Paradise Garage founder Michael Brody, including:
- Original ‘The Sands of Time’ announcement, matted and framed to an overall size of 11.75 x 15, featuring a tinted photograph of a reclining woman letting sand fall from one hand into the other, above printed text announcing that “the lease of Paradise Garage officially ends October 1st, 1987,” listing the club’s final weekends in September 1987, and closing, “The spirit of the Garage will always be there, and possibly one day in the future, we’ll all be partying together again. In love and hope, Michael Brody and The Staff of Paradise Garage.” The backing paper is annotated in ink, “Paradise Garage, 11 years 1976 to 1987 Oct 1st, Michael Dec 28 – 1987, Born March 11 – 1945, Died Dec 28 – 1987 – 42 yrs young,” with one word blacked out after “Born.”
- White long-sleeve crewneck Paradise Garage sweatshirt by Jerzees, size L 42–44, printed in black on the front and back with the club’s stippled logo artwork of a curly-haired figure with a studded wristband, eyes closed, embracing a large shape lettered “Paradise Garage,” a tambourine arcing behind the head.
- Red long-sleeve crewneck Paradise Garage sweatshirt by Sportswear, size L 42–44, printed in black with a small heart on the upper left chest and the same logo artwork on the back.
- Vintage 2.25 x 3.5 head-and-shoulders portrait photograph of a young man in a dark suit and tie, identified by the family as Michael Brody’s high school photo.
- Vintage color 5 x 3.5 snapshot photograph of Brody’s mother, Jean Brody, smiling outside the club beside a Paradise Garage letter board announcing a film screening, reading “Paradise Garage Presentation: Sunset Boulevard, Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Director Billy Wilder & Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty.”
In overall fine condition, with light wear and marks to the white sweatshirt. Consignor notes that Brody gave the sweatshirts to his sister-in-law, Loretta Brody, while the club was operating. The framed announcement was Brody’s own and passed to his mother, Jean Brody, upon his death; she inscribed the backing paper. After Jean’s death it passed to Gerald and Loretta Brody, and then to their son, Scott Brody. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Michael Brody’s nephew.
Paradise Garage, Michael Brody’s members-only club at 84 King Street in lower Manhattan, closed in September 1987, shortly before its lease expired on October 1. By then the AIDS epidemic had already devastated much of the club’s community, and Brody was ill himself. Resident DJ Larry Levan played the final weekend as one marathon party that began on September 26 and ran until midday on Monday, September 28. Brody died that December. In his will he left the club’s sound and lighting systems to his mother, Jean Brody, who also kept the closing announcement offered here.
