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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(MALE PHYSIQUE PHOTOGRAPHS)
A selection of more than 137 35mm slides by AMG, Bruce of LA, and others. The group includes approximately 58 slides from AMG (Athletic Model Guild 1980-86), 19 by Bruce of LA, and 60 miscellaneous shots. All featuring models alone or in pairs, sometimes posing with props, often in outdoor settings, many fully nude, others in more playful costumes. 35 mm color slides, some Kodachrome, the images measuring 22x35 mm; 1 3/8x 7/8 inches, the mounts 51 mm; 2 inches square, many with a date blind stamp, a few with the model's name, in pencil or ink, and 9 with the Bruce of LA hand stamp and numeric hand stamp, on the mounts; enclosed in plastic sleeves. 1970s-mid-80s.
The Athletic Model Guide was established by Bob Mizer in 1945. Mizer's imagery evolved from men in classically inspired bodybuilder poses, to pairs wrestling or in other tableaux, to men in small posing straps or otherwise covered, to full nudity. Mizer photographed thousands of models and created tens of thousands of images. He used his quarterly publication Physique Pictorial to advertise this imagery, which was available as photographic prints.
