Erotic Art

Illustrations for Les sonnets luxurieux de l’Aretin – a commissioned portfolio produced by Édouard-Henri Avril in 1904.

Illustrations for Gamiani by André Collot – Gamiani is one of the most frequently illustrated of French erotic novels and thanks to a private commission, Collot gave us his version in 1933.

La Trilogie Érotique de Paul Verlaine is a suite of fifteen etchings created by Martin van Maële in 1907 to illustrate La Trilogie érotique : Amies, Femmes, Hombres by Paul Verlaine.

Illustrations for Mémoires de Fanny Hill – A portfolio of 29 illustrations, 18 in full color and 11 in red Conté crayon.

Histoire de Dom Bougre is an erotic French novel from 1741 about an older man looking back on his love life.

FavoriteCuir & Peau by Rene Giffey Cuir & Peau translates to ‘Leather & Skin’. This set of 21 illustrations is from 1934, and depicts fetish punishment with a great deal …

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Illustrations for Gamiani – This portfolio of twelve colored plates by Achille Devéria (1800-1857) were included in the first edition of Gamiani, ou une nuit d’excès (Gamiani, or A Night of Excess) in 1833.

Autour de l’amour (All About Love)  is a collection of twenty-seven erotic drawings by ‘Eugène Reunier’ from 1925.

Zehn Erotische Aquarelle by Peter Geiger – a portfolio of ten erotic watercolors printed in 1909 in a limited edition of 530.