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Friday, March 7, 2025

Hairy Playgirl Models Day


It's Hairy Playgirl Model Day, and we start with a foldout poster 
of David White, Playgirl's Man for October in 1976.

 

Robert


Playgirl did a photo essay in April 1982 called Executive Men,
and a smirking Robert Trahan appeared in it.



 

Christopher


This is well known actor Christopher George slicing a watermelon in June of 1974.

 

Derek


Although not covered with fur, the pattern on Derek Tebo from April 1982 is enticing.

 

Daniel


Daniel Egger looks like he wants some company in this photo from April of 1983.

 

Marty


It was November of 1977 when Marty Wolfson and this horse showed up in Playgirl.

 

James


James Wilson posed by the water for the August 1982 edition.

 

Jeremiah


 A very hairy Jeremiah Shastid showed up in Playgirl in December of 1975.

Jeff


This is Jeff Southmayd from the July 1984 issue.

 

Doubtful


I have strong doubts about this photo that was in my Playgirl file labeled 70s.
It looks like it's from a Target photo spread, but searches came up blank.

 

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Art Odds and Ends


Today I'm posting some art odds and ends, starting with this 1800 work by Thomas Stothard.

 

Theodore Gericault


This academic painting from ca. 1812 by Theodore Gericault got left out of an earlier series.



 

Unknown


This painting is by an unknown artist and resides in the Royal College of Art,
the curators of which believe it to be late 19th Century.

 

Koloman Moser


It was 1914 when Koloman Moser did this drawing.  A lot of Moser's male nudes depict
men frantically running somewhere, but this guy looks like he's read to wrestle.

 

Hugo Lederer


I've posted bronze sculptures by Hugo Lederer before, and they always have fine male forms.  This one is called The Runners, and it graced a park entrance in Berlin from 1929 until 1943 when the friggin Nazis melted it down to make weapons.  Although he was not persecuted by the Nazis, his friendship with "degenerate" artists kept him from getting commissions after 1933.  The Runners was actually a type the Nazis generally liked, but they destroyed it anyway.




 

Leonard James Stroudley


The Oarsmen was painted by Leonard James Stroudley in 1930.

 

Patrick Hennessy


This is In the Hammam by Irish artist Patrick Hennessy from 1965.
I find it quite advanced for its time.

 

Uli Nimptsch


The Good Samaritan by Uli Nimptsch from 1960 stands outside a hospital in Birmingham, UK.



 

Twin drawings


The drawing above is Stephen Gjertson from 1974.  The one below is by James Childs, and it looks like a very close copy.  It turns out that the two knew each other for decades and collaborated from time to time.  These look like academic works, so maybe they were in class together.




 

1970s


This was sold online as "1970s, Unknown Artist" even though there is a signature that at least starts out as L.G Co . . .  Seems like someone at the auction could have figured that out, but I tried several searches and came up with nothing.  I find it to be quite good.

 

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Ten by Ten Again

Today I'm posting another "Ten by Ten" series featuring an array of my favorite physique photographers.  We start with Tommy Evans and Jim Collette by Bob Mizer of AMG.

 

Bruce of Los Angeles


The industrial cogwheel is a nice counterpoint to the natural contours
 of model Bill Watts in this picture by Bruce of LA.

 

Kris

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Lon of New York


Taylor Flanniken looks very impressive in this photo by Lon of New York.

 

Dave Martin


A solemn looking Mark Petersen posed on a column for Dave Martin.

 

Pat Milo


We get a little smirk from Jack Colbert in this Pat Milo photo.
The tattoo looks interesting, but I can't make it out.  Anyone?

 

Mel Roberts


Mel Roberts doesn't usually make my ten by ten sets, but I couldn't leave out this shot of Butch Wallace.  An added bit of interest is the fact that the stage name was chose for political reasons when segregationist George Wallace was running for president.  Or so I have read online.
 

Troy Saxon


We get an alluring look from Jay Bird in this Troy Saxon magazine photo.
Something tells me that his name was made up.



 

Russ Warner


This is Ed Siemens as photographed by Russ Warner.

 

Western Photography Guild


Our final photos are also our only posing strap images of the day.  The model is the very impressive 
Joe Lynes by Western Photography Guild.  In fact, he's so impressive that I had to add
a second photo below. I wonder if he was related to George Platt Lynes?