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Sunday, June 5, 2022

Early 20th Century New Finds


Those of you who've been around this blog for a while know that I have a thing for male 
nudes from the 1890-1920 period.  I recently acquires some "new" ones that I will share today.  
We start with one where I'm not really sure if the model is holding a disc or a ball.

 

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  1. Jerry, what do you make of the lighting here? He has a damned nice body, that's for sure.

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    1. The lighting is quite good, and I think it's enhanced by the variation in the background color.

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  2. As you would expect from me...thank you, a lovely series. I think this might be a real, or a copy of an ancient Greek discus?

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    1. You're welcome, David! Frequent contributor Bryan B. sent me an email letting me know that this is British strongman Lionel Strongfort holding a ball.

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    2. Excellent to ID him. And that he modelled nude. Just looked him up, he was still around when I was a kid...

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    3. Turns out he was German and moved to the States, having changed his name from Max Unger.

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