09 November 2010

Torso

Herbert List Torso of a Young Man, 1938
Herb Ritts Tony with Shadow, 1988

4 comments:

  1. you can really find out how long your tongue can hang out by leering at such pix.

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  2. if this were an art history class, these two gorgeous images would appear side by side on a screen, à la the tried-and-tested two-projector approach, with the professor droning on, 'Now class, as you can see, the line of influence can clearly be traced from...'

    i could just hear it.

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  3. ps: that's mr ward isn't it?

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  4. Dear Beauty: So how long...?
    Dear Anon: And indeed it is mr ward - one of herb ritts's recurring subjects. And thank you, it's so flattering to think of this post as a mini art history class... hope it's not tedious!

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