[Gay erotic magazines. Beefcake magazines] Physique Pictorial
Athletic Model Guild, 1950s and 60s. 14 issues.
Physique Pictorial was one of the leading American "beefcake magazines" (magazines focusing on physique photography) of the mid-20th cent. Publ. quarterly from 1951 to 1990, it exemplified the use of bodybuilding culture and classical art figure posing as a cover for homoerotic male images. Added: 2 issues of Adonis. Male physique artistry. 1960s. -and 4 other American beefcake magazines, all ca. 1950s and 60s. (total 20)