Physique Pictorial. Volume 13, Number 4, May 1964

Published by Athletic Model Guild, Los Angeles, 1964

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5-1/4 x 8-1/4" stapled illustrated wraps. [32] pages, illustrated throughout with b/w half-tone photographs. Most pages with a dog-eared corner, two leaves with photographs missing (excised with scissors), the covers stained and the staples rusting, a flawed copy. Bob Mizer founded the Athletic Model Guild (AMG) in 1945, and began issuing PHYSIQUE PICTORIAL in 1951 as a way to promote AMG's growing portfolio of male models and also the work of other artists and photographers such as Bruce Bellas, Tom of Finland, and Alonzo "Lon" Hanagan. The magazine continued until 1990, documenting the 20th century underground physical beauty movement, featuring "flexing muscle men both in costume and out, set among lavish landscapes or simply grinning for the camera in Mizer's studio," along with their bios and contact information. Over the years the magazine inspired artists as diverse as David Hockney and Robert Mapplethorpe, not to mention countless gay men world-wide. This issue features drawings by "Tom" (of Finland) on the covers and on two pages inside.…

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Title
Physique Pictorial. Volume 13, Number 4, May 1964
Author
[Mizer, Bob]
Publisher
Athletic Model Guild, Los Angeles
Publication year
1964
Condition
Poor
Binding
Wraps
Illustrator
Tom of Finland
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LGBTQ+

Toadlily Books

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