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Our first AFTER DARK auction of the year features fine art from masters of the male form such as Rex (a rare original pen and ink), The Hun (several important original artworks created for publication), MATT (Charles Kerbs) (original illustrations), Bruce of Los Angeles (Steve Reeves photographs hand-signed by Bruce of LA), Robert R. Bliss (a rare large 1957 painting), Chuck Arnett (the painting exhibited in the 1979 Fey-Way Studios gallery the night Robert Opel was murdered), and many exceptionally scarce pieces of queer ephemera, including Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Club 82 NYC...
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Lot 29

Steve Masters (Mike Miksche) (American, 1925-1964)

Estimate: $600 - $800
Starting Bid
$100

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'Wanted!' Charcoal on trace vellum. The figure to the left appeared in illustrations Steve Masters did for Physique Pictorial Magazine (Bob Mizer, editor), and in all likelihood the scene appeared in Physique Pictorial. 13 x 17".

Steve Masters had a short but fascinating life that included being a Marlboro Man model and a prolific homoerotic illustrator whose homoerotic artwork was largely destroyed after his suicide by his ex-wife. He had a successful career as a commercial artist and fashion illustrator, was filmed as the top with Sam Steward as the bottom by Alfred Kinsey (the film is at the Kinsey Institute), and was a leather bar muralist. These are just a few of the highlights of the fascinating artist's life.

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