Ralph Kelly Day

I don't have a large collection of Ralph Kelly's work, but thanks to some recent finds,

I have enough unposted work for a full set.  We start with Keith Stephan.

 

Unknown

This heavily tattoed model is unknown . . . 

and would you look at that bush?

 

Joe Leitel

Even in a posing strap, a serious Joe Leitel looks good.

 

Bob Cutlass

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Unknown Pair

I haven't been able to find names for these two handsome models.

 

Steve Marl

I could do without the cigarette, but Steve Marl makes up for it.

 

Joe Tiffenbach

I was pleased to recently find this "new" photo of Joe Tiffenbach.

 

Bob Gentry

This shot of Bob Gentry in the surf is unusual

in that Ralph Kelly outdoor work is somewhat rare.

 

Herbert Hansen

The posing of Herbert Hansen is a bit awkward,

and it reminds me of Kovert of Hollywood.

 

Les Petroff

Finishing the Ralph Kelly series with Les Petroff, a model who always seemed to look a bit rough around the edges.  His modeling career extended long enough that his growing collection of tattoos can be tracked across it.  I don't know if he ever got the chest pieced finished, though.

 

Archery in Art

Today we look at archers in a variety of art media, 

starting with this bronze sculpture by Otto Lessing.

 

Thomas Nast

American artist Thomas Nast did this drawing of a man with an imaginary bow.

 

Bronze Medal

An online auction website says that this is an early modern Olympic bronze medal, but they gave no date or other provenance.  I would be very careful before bidding on such an item.

 

Mueller Crefeld

 

This 1920 piece is by Mueller Crefeld.

Louvre

Detail from a Greek ceramic in the Louvre dated 510 BC.

Signed by Epiktetos as painter and by Pamphaios as potter.

 

Millais

My source says that The Archer by Millais is from 1847.

 

Julius Schmidt

Nice derriere on this one by Julius Schmidt.

 

Hunting Scene

This 1903 hunting scene is Bogenschutzen (Archers) by Fritz Boehle.

 

Johann Schadow

This early 19th Century relief in bronze is by Johann Schadow.

It's another example of the imaginary bow.

 

Ceramic Plates

               The ceramic plate above was designed by Samara for the Montieres Company in 1929.

                Below, we have a Swedish piece celebrating a Stockholm archery competition in 1942.

 

 

Hercules the Archer

This is a copy of Antoine Bourdelle's Heracles the archer from 1909.

 

Victor Mueller

Our final archery art piece is an academic drawing by Victor Mueller from 1847.

 

Men Shaving Day

I haven't shaved in 53 years, but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy looking at pictures of naked or nearly naked men doing it.  Today we'll see eleven, starting with this photo that I acquired from Mr. Scumbeast who described it as "delightful."  I can't argue with that.  He's the only

guy in today's set who's using an electric razor, fwiw.

 

Military

My source said this man was part of a "photographic reconnaissance unit, 1940" 

without specifying which army or part of the world.

 

David van Brunt

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Mr. Right

Only Mr. Right is shaving, but the others are worth a look.

 

Annoyed?

He looks like he may be annoyed by the photographer.

 

Bill Mahoney

The verso of this amateur photo says "Bill Mahoney Shaving."

 

Dodgers

These guys are some of the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers.

 

AMG

One online auction website says young man with an all over tan and a furry bottom 

this is an unknown AMG model.  I got it during the sack of tumblr.

 

WWII German

Here we see a World War II German soldier using a railway 

switch wheel as a table for his shaving gear.

 

Seated

This fellow looks like he's sitting on the edge of a concrete sluice channel.

 

Repeat

I decided to end the shaving set with a repeat from five or six years ago which is my all time 

favorite photo of this type.  The happy nudist was on a camping trip in the American West.