COLT ALBUM Rare 1973 Barrington vtg Jim French Muscle Beefcake nude male Gay Art

  

Tight, square, crisp as new. Rare & scarce, collectible thus. Limited First Edition, dated 1973.

Edited by John Paignton S Barrington, London England THE COLT ALBUM - HOMO EROTIC ART. Drawings of Jim French 48 pages, saddle stapled, 8x11 coated paper, heavy stock. Rare, iconic images - the early figure studies - his drawing artwork captured pure masculine American Beefcake. The men of Jim French, you idolized. The men of Target Lou Thomas, you wanted.

The men of Old Reliable David Hurles, you rented. Jim French, born July 14, 1932; died June 16, 2017.

French contributed homoerotic drawings of hyper-masculine types such as soldiers, cowboys; leather bikers boots jock gear fetish. Eventually he bought out his business partner, and by 1967, under the pseudonym Rip Colt, he founded the now infamous Colt Studio, producing highly detailed drawings for various books, magazines, and calendars. French was a legendary perfectionist whom Barrington idolized.

He also had an amazing sense of what is attractive, sexy, and well-composed. He combined an erudite eye and classical aesthetics with the grit and sweat of the muscular moment to achieve a visual ideal of sexual beauty in men that no one had experienced before. A true pioneer in the pre-Stonewall era of recording the male physique. Best recognized by pseudonym Rip Colt, French. For his perfectionism created classically-inspired and wonderfully composed photographs.

That largely established a standard and approach for the visual ideal of male sexual beauty. Originally used as source material for his homoerotic drawings, these polaroids stand as a testament to the influence French had on such pop culture luminaries as Mapplethorpe, Bruce Weber, Herb Ritts. R Franz Kline, began his career as a painter and illustrator, before turning full-time to photography in New York City, with his partner Lou Thomas / Target Studio. The Classical lineage shows in even the most naughty and brazen; a precursor to his salon art prints.

The 60s 70s gay ideal of macho men, beautiful beefcake, chiseled faces, perfect physiques. An absolute "must-have" title for Jim French and art photography collectors; ne Rip Colt, Luger, Quorum, Opus Deorum, Like a Moth to Flame, Olympus, Manpower. 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The item "COLT ALBUM Rare 1973 Barrington vtg Jim French Muscle Beefcake nude male Gay Art" is in sale since Saturday, March 21, 2020. This item is in the category "Art\Art Drawings". The seller is "kintsugii" and is located in Pensacola, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Region of Origin: Europe
• Artist: Jim French, Luger, Rip Colt
• Style: Vintage
• Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
• Date of Creation: 1970-1989
• Subject: Nudes
• Originality: Original