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Naked Men: Pioneering Male Nudes
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Naked Men: Pioneering Male Nudes Hardcover - 1997

by David Leddick; Foreword by Quentin Crisp


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This extraordinary book documents a fascinating moment in the history of American culture--a period in the 1930's, 40's, and 50's that gave birth to new notions of male beauty and desire, and to a new type of male icon. Long before Stonewall and the gay pride movement, there was a small group of daring men--both photographers and the models who sat for them--who helped pave the way for male sexual liberation. Led by the photographer George Platt Lynes, the painter Paul Cadmus, and the arts patron Lincoln Kirstein, this group shattered taboos surrounding the artistic presentation of the male figure. The young subjects of these photographs--who often posed after-hours in studios officially used for fashion shoots--were in essence the first true male models. In a perfect complement to the intimacy of these early nudes, photographs are included of these men today. The pictures and stories in "Naked Men" are as relevant and evocative today as they were a half a century ago.

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  • Title Naked Men: Pioneering Male Nudes
  • Author David Leddick; Foreword by Quentin Crisp
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 128
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Universe Publishing(NY), New York
  • Date 1997
  • ISBN 9780789300799 / 0789300796
  • Weight 1.86 lbs (0.84 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.29 x 8.91 x 0.66 in (28.68 x 22.63 x 1.68 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97007345
  • Dewey Decimal Code 704.942
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New York: Universe Publishing, 1997. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large quarto hardcover, printed gray and black patterned paper covered boards, in original publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 128 pages. Index (of featured models). Foreword by Quentin Crisp. Illustrated throughout with black and white, and some color, photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. A photo enhanced documentary survey of the American renaissance in the depiction of the male figure, during a period from the depression era of the 1930's up through the mid 1950's, when such activities were still both culturally taboo and illegal. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy, like new in dust-jacket. As new in an as new dust-jacket. Oversize book, Priority and International orders may require additional postage, please inquire. .
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