The Homoerotic Photograph: Male Images From Durieu / Delacroix to Mapplethorpe

New York: Columbia University Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio. XXII, [2], 230pp. Original photographic wrappers over black cloth with silver lettering on spine. Gathered in this captivating work are 127 beautiful and provocative duotone photographs that reflect the wide-ranging history of male homoeroticism as revealed by the camera - amply suggesting spiritual, physical, and intellectual exchange between men. To accompany these images, Ellenzweig offers a detailed account of the multiple and complex meanings of the homoerotic, from the 1850s to today. Wrappers, binding and interior in very good condition. (Inventory #: 29757)