This is a black-and-white photograph of a nude Black man spreading out all of his limbs forming an "X" with his body.
Feral Benga

1934

Studio stamp in ink, verso

Vintage gelatin silver print

9 x 7.25 inches (22.9 x 18.4 cm)

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Féral Benga was a Senegalese music-hall performer and model who danced with Josephine Baker and starred in Jean Cocteau’s film “Le Sang d’un Poète (Blood of a Poet)” (1932).

Work by George Platt Lynes (1907-1955)