A young man wearing a red jumper and white briefs. Colour photograph, 195-.

Date:
[between 1950 and 1959]
Reference:
2047159i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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A young man wearing a red jumper and white briefs. Colour photograph, 195-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

Photograph of a man wearing a red jumper and white briefs relaxing on a blue sofa, with a wooden sculpture of a horse's head in the background.

Publication/Creation

[U.S.A.] : [publisher not identified], [between 1950 and 1959]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 13.3 x 8.8 cm

Contributors

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "American 'soft-porn' commercially produced colour photograph that would have been sold via Mail Order through advertisements placed in bodybuilding magazines. Even at this late date verso still bears the legend ' A REFERENCE PHOTO for: Artists and Physical Culturists'.Purchased from 'A Different Light' bookstore in New York City in the 1980s."

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2047159i

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Where to find it

  • Unlabelled photograph album

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