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BRUCE OF LOS ANGELES (active 1950s-1960s)
Suite of 50 images of bodybuilders, including Bob McCune, Martin Adams, Art Ullrich, Steve
Reeves, Jerry DeBry, and Tom Mathews, among others, posing with props or outdoors, and
frequently in the nude. Silver and ferrotyped silver prints (7), each approximately 9
1
/
2
x7
1
/
2
inches
(24.1x19.1 cm.), and the reverse, all but 7 with the Estate of Bruce of Los Angeles hand stamp with
executor Jimmy Dolinksy’s signature, in pencil; some with additional hand stamps, and many with
the sitter’s name, in a later hand. 1960s
[2,500/3,500]