Sale 2458 - Art & Storytelling: Photographs & Photobooks, October 19, 2017

383 c BRUCE BELLAS (BRUCE OF LA) (1909-1974) A group of 127 physique photographs by the inimitable Bruce Bellas. With 126 black-and-white photographs of male athletic models posing, 69 of them collaged together in 11 separate groups; and one color photograph. Silver prints and one chromogenic print, the images measuring 1x 3 / 4 to 7x5 inches (2.5x1.9 to 17.8x12.7 cm.), and the reverse, each with a Bruce or Bruce of Los Angeles hand stamp on verso. Circa 1960 [1,200/1,800]