STUDIO ARAX (ARMENIAN/FRENCH 1897-1975)

STUDIO ARAX (ARMENIAN/FRENCH 1897-1975)

Roger Novaro, Bodybuilder, 1951

Silver gelatin print measuring 122x 177mm, annotated 'Roger Novaro, 5eme plus bel athlète de Belgique, 1951' [English: ‘Roger Novaro, Belgium’s 5th handsomest athlete, 1951’] in pencil in an unknown hand, with additional notes in pink ink, 'Gand’ [English: ‘Ghent’] after his name, and ‘Plus bel athlète de Flandre’ [English: ‘Flanders’s most beautiful athlete’], with Studio Arax's 31 Blvd. Rasapil stamp.

In 1952, Roger Novaro was crowned 'Mr Belgium' in the 'Tall' category; the present portrait is taken one year earlier, when he placed 5th.

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