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Halsman described a sitting in which I asked Leo Coleman to undress and when his magnificently muscled body appeared...it was a coup de foudre. I have never seen a man court a woman with the exquisite elegance and style that Cocteau displayed toward the young man... I made a photograph showing the two floating in a room. - Halsman at Work, p. 77.
This study was created for Life Magazine.
This study was created for Life Magazine.