Sean Fader
Papa Suckers, 2023
Archival inkjet print
102 x 76 cm
40 x 30 inches
40 x 30 inches
Edition of 3 plus 2 AP
Though Alma was the first to use the phrase “sugar daddy,” she did not popularize the word. That would happen later in 1923 when it was used in the Syracuse...
Though Alma was the first to use the phrase “sugar daddy,” she did not popularize the word. That would happen later in 1923 when it was used in the Syracuse Herald-Journal in an episode of the story “Fat Anna’s Future.” In 1925 Robert Welch created a candy called the “Papa Sucker,” but in 1932, he changed the name to the “Sugar Daddy.”
Also available 20 x 15 in (51 x 38 cm), Edition of 5 plus 2 AP, $2,500.
Large Frame: 40 3/4 x 30 3/4 x 1 1/2 in (104 x 78 x 4 cm)
Small Frame: 20 5/8 x 15 5/8 x 1 1/2 in (52 x 40 x 4 cm)