Collection of 68 photographs

by the Prussian photographer Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden; 1856-1931 Italian boys of Taormina, Sicily with classical accoutrements in outdoor settings by Wilhelm von Gloeden

$57,500 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

An important pre-World War I photographer, von Gloeden utilized body makeup, controlled lighting, special filters and tints to create elegant homoerotic portraits, for which his models were well paid. The full-length nudes, of boys ranging in age from early childhood to young adult, present the form frontally in all but..... More

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