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Original LIFE Magazine — October 22, 1956
Own an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine from October 22, 1956, featuring Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’ painting The Bather on the cover as part of a major study of the nude in art. The issue also includes political coverage of a close congressional race and LIFE’s signature photography, reporting and advertising from 1956.
- Cover Subject: The Bather by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
- Inside This Issue: A major study of the nude in art; Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and The Bather; congressional campaign coverage; period news, photography, advertising and culture from 1956
- Completeness: Complete original issue, not a reproduction
- Perfect For: LIFE Magazine collectors, art-history enthusiasts, Ingres collectors, museum and fine-art readers, political-history collectors and vintage Americana collections
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 31 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Close, Critical Campaigns Take Place in the States
Pg… 45 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The Passing of Charles Merrill, of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Pg… 46 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Terror’s Day in Terrazzano: Madmen Hold 95 Captive in School
Pg… 53 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Poznan Trials Show Disorder in Red Ranks
Pg… 56 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: International Hide–and–Seek Results as Russian Tries to Take U.S.–Born Daughter to U.S.S.R.
Pg… 147 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Look at the World’s Week
Pg… 40 EDITORIALS: Suez: Road to Settlement
Pg… 40 EDITORIALS: Khrushchev and the Gypsies
Pg… 119 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: Tranquilizing Drugs Open New Avenues Into Sick Minds: Photographed for LIFE by Fritz Goro. The Search has Only Started: in the Next 10 Years Doctors May Learn as Much About the Mind as in the Past 2,000. By Eric Hodgins
Pg… 162 ARTICLE: The Most Dramatic Years in the History of Steel: in the Second of Two Articles the Retried Head of U.S. Steel Describes His Gamble, Finest Monuments and Toughest Fights with Unions. By Benjamin Fairless
Pg… 61 PEOPLE: Colorado’s Governor Plays a Bit Part for a Western Movie
Pg… 65 SPORTS: A Win Puts Long–Losing University of Pennsylvania on the Loose
Pg… 155 SPORTS: Don Larsen Reaps the Rewards of Pitching a Perfect Game
Pg… 70 MOVIES: Wildlife in the Water: Cousteau’s “Silent World” is a Fascinating Film of the Sea’s Dark Fathoms
Pg… 81 MOVIES: When This World was Wider: “Around the World in Eighty Days” is Good Fun and Frolic. How Mike Todd Cajoled Big Names to Do Bits. By Ezra Goodman
Pg… 97 MODERN LIVING: Plastic Greenhouse Provides Low–Cost Housing for Out–of–Season Vegetables and Flowers
Pg… 102 ART: The Beauty of the Nude: British Scholar Sir Kenneth Clark Compares Its Grace to the Naked’s Exposed Look
Pg… 111 MILITARY AFFAIRS: Meeting a Jealous Mistress: an Air Force Wife Learns About Jets
Pg… 161 NIGHTCLUBS: Duo Does Double Duty: Trumpeter Louis Prima and Wife Play an All–Night Shift
Pg… 179 PARTY: A Gala Party of Diplomats Honors the Dean of Consuls in Chicago
Pg… 16 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Topsy–Turvy Scenery
Pg… 21 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 182 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Chic Shoe Flies High
