The Complete Reprint of Physique Pictorial, 1951-1990 (3 Volumes)

Koln: Taschen, 1997.
Facsimile Edition.

20cm x 14cm. 3 volumes, black and white illustrations. Illustrated matte papered boards, illustrated slipcase. Text is multilingual, primarily illustrations.

Taschen edition featuring the original series of the most popular of beefcake magazines, Physique Pictorial, produced by Bob Mizer’s AMG with an essay by Wayne E. Stanley. Early issues feature scantily clad athletic men in fitness poses together with homoerotic artwork by Tom of Finland, Harry Bush, George Quaintance, and others. If you can stayed focused the text provides insight into gay culture and rights at the time, as well as details on the models and artwork. Into the late 1960s and 1970s as the laws around censorship change, the beefcake physique magazine became more naked and blatantly homoerotic.

Very minor general wear. Near Fine Condition.

AU$300.00

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