Carefully positioned to preserve his modesty without the rather affected, and by this time out-dated

Carefully positioned to preserve his modesty without the rather affected, and by this time out-dated, addition of a paper fig-leaf, this 1910s nude is refreshingly bold and modern in appearance. Something about the way he sits brings to mind the physique photographs of the 1950s far more than the classical style favoured ‘til the turn of the century.