Oct 21, 2002 - Sale 1947

Sale 1947 - Lot 218

Price Realized: $ 4,370
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
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Album containing 74 photographs of nude men by Bay Area photographer Denny Denfield comprising images of well-sculpted and tanned young men posing en plein air, occasionally with suggestive props such as swords and poles. Silver prints, 6½x4½ inches (16.5x11.4 cm.) and slightly smaller with the photographer's hand stamp on verso. Oblong 4to, leather, lightly worn. 1950s-60s
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These photographs were formerly in the collection of Denny Denfield. During the represssive post-war era, it was illegal to purchase photographs of beautiful nude men through the mail, so Denny's solution was to take his own. On warm summer weekends he hung out at local beaches or visited the deserts near L. A., equipment in hand, photographing well-toned and well-endowed naked men, including <