What's behind those glittering surfaces?(Paul Cadmus: The Male Nude)(Book Review)

From: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: Salatino, Kevin | Copyright information

Paul Cadmus: The Male Nude by Justin Spring Universe Publishing 176 pages, $49.95

PAUL CADMUS (1904-1999) catapulted to fame in 1934 at the age of 29. The engine of his ascent was a painting called The Fleet's In!, a highly ribald lampoon of the U.S. armed forces that was considered so objectionable it was confiscated by the Secretary of the Navy. The resulting journalistic frenzy put the young artist on the American cultural map. In the years that followed, Cadmus would...

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