MALE NUDE: JIM STRYKER: "FULL-FRONTAL PROFILE" NUDE COLOR PHOTOGRAPH BY WALTER KUNDZICZ - Rare Fine Contemporary Color Photographic Print: Named/Labeled/Stamped by Walter Kundzicz - ONLY COPY ONLINE

Kundzicz, Walter (Champion Studios) & Stryker, Jim (Model/Subject)

Published by New York City, NY: Champion Studio, 1988

About this Item

1st Printing. 1 pages. Published in 1988. Rare Jim Stryker and Walter Kundzicz/Champion Studios collectible item. A contemporary (1988) color photographic print of Jim Stryker, perhaps the single most good-looking male-nude model ever, in one of very few surviving full-frontal nude prints. The print measures 3.5 X 5 inches and is presented "bleed". Champion Studio's vintage prints were "pocket size" and had white borders, the vintage-indicative practice of the 1960's. It is encased in a protective plastic sheet. The photograph shows Jim Stryker in a Classical semi-profile pose, Perfection Incarnate, in the manner of a Greek god. He is photographed in a natural setting, has close-cropped hair (Stryker grew his hair out for his later sessions with Kundzicz), and is semi-erect. In addition, it is one of the earliest - and one of the rarest - of the few surviving prints of Jim Stryker as a very young, lean, and slim dude, in contrast to the later and older Adonis with a more defined and fully developed physique. This print was one of the few surviving photographs of Jim's "Early Period" in Walter Kundzicz's personal collection. Furthermore, Stryker did not pose completely nude again in any of his later iconic portraits. Jim Stryker is the prototypical All-American male beauty. He anticipated by more than two decades the model/stars of the reigning American photographer of the male nude, Bruce Weber. This photograph does NOT appear in Walter Kundzicz's "Champion" book. This is the genuine article, an absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, item for Jim Stryker, Walter Kundzicz/Champion, and male erotic art photography collectors. This is an original color photographic print. It is very prominently and beautifully named/labeled in black ink-pen on verso by the photographer: "Jim Stryker". It is also stamped in black with Walter Kundzicz's Copyright Address. This is one of only three surviving prints of the exact same, daring, and uninhibited "semi-erect" pose, acquired from the Walter Kundzicz Estate. It's from Jim Stryker's first and only full-frontal nude session, very desirable as such. This is the only named/labeled and stamped copy of the print available online, is eminently suitable for framing, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: There are Jim Stryker and Walter Kundzicz prints available online, but most of them are digital copies or have very serious flaws. So they have little or no collectible value. A rare print thus. One of the iconic American male-nude models of the 20th century. A fine collectible print. (SEE ALSO OTHER JIM STRYKER, TUCK POWELL, JOE DALLESANDRO, AND BRUCE OF LOS ANGELES TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Seller Inventory # 23379

Bibliographic Details

Title: MALE NUDE: JIM STRYKER: "FULL-FRONTAL ...

Publisher: New York City, NY: Champion Studio, 1988

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: None, As Issued

Signed: no

Edition: 1st Edition.