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Dallesandro, Joe (Subject) & Bruce of Los Angeles (A.K.A. Bruce of LA) : Joe Dallesandro: Nude Black-and-white Photograph By Bruce Of Los Angeles

Bruce Of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 1 pages. Rare Joe Dallesandro collectible item. An original vintage photographic print of the young model/actor, as photographed by Bruce of Los Angeles. The print measures 8 X 10 inches and is encased in an archival thick plastic sheet reinforced with hard board backing. It shows Dallesandro at the absolute peak of his beauty: Young, handsome, and buffed. He is shown in the Classical supine/"lying-back" position, with his erect penis in a revealing angle. This is not a digital print or a later, contemporary print, but was printed directly from the original negative during Bruce of LA's lifetime. It is very beautifully developed, with great clarity and subtle contrasts, on Double-Weight Fiber photographic paper, the paper Bruce of LA used in his last years. "Coupled with the fact that it is unstamped but retains its white borders, it dates back to Bruce's lifetime rather than the later Kensington Road Era. Because this is one of the more erotic poses from Bruce's single session with Joe Dallesandro, it is a rare print in this large size and format" (Reed Massengill). Joe Dallesandro remains the cult icon/figure of Warhol's ground-breaking underground films, whose aesthetics and style anticipate by almost fifty years the deliberately crude and gritty sex films that appear routinely online today. Before he was discovered and turned into his very own superstar by Warhol, Joe Dallesandro was the muse of the great male-nude photographers. But it was Bruce of Los Angeles who was the very first to photograph him, in exactly one session. Warhol avidly collected all of the so-called "physique magazines". After his Warhol breakthrough, Dallesandro was photographed by Duane Michals, Jack Mitchell, Francesco Scavullo, and Richard Avedon, among many other mainstream photographers. The Avedon prints are proudly displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is the genuine article, an absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, item for Joe Dallesandro collectors. This is an original vintage photographic print, and it is very boldly and beautifully signed and inscribed in metallic-silver pen-marker in front by the model/actor: "XXX Joe Dallesandro". The three X's stand for "love", of course, and is quite special as such. The recipient, Reed Massengill, is the leading authority on male erotic photography in America. According to Massengill, Dallesandro told him that he does not sign his "fully-erect" poses, making an exception in the case of a few of Massengill's print copies. As far as we know, this is the only such signed and inscribed copy of the print available online, is eminently suitable for framing, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: A collection of Dallesandro memorabilia (publicity stills, magazine covers, film outtakes; not one of them an original print) available online commands $7500. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of the iconic American model/actors of the 20th century. A fine collectible print. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOE DALLESANDRO AND BRUCE OF LOS ANGELES TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

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