1940s Art
A Visit to the Great Jim Blalter at the Paris Chabanais
A Visit to the Great Jim Blalter at the Paris Chabanais – Le Chabanais was one of the best known and most luxurious brothels in Paris, operating near the Louvre at 12 rue Chabanais from 1878 until 1946.
Erotika
Erotika is a portfolio of drawings by an anonymous artist created in 1943, the middle of World War II.
Illustrations for Fanny Hill by Paul-Émile Bécat
Illustrations for Fanny Hill by Paul-Émile Bécat – In 1942, Bécat was commissioned to produce illustrations for a new edition of the classic. It contained ten of Bécat’s drypoint etchings.
The Allies of 1945
The Allies of 1945 – A wry and ribald suite of eight French postcards celebrating the end of World War II. Soldiers from several nations are shown the appreciation of the French populace.
Mémoires d’une Chanteuse
Mémoires d’une Chanteuse – a suite of fourteen illustrations from a French edition of 1947 of the sexual autobiography of famed German soprano Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient.
Scenes From a Nudist Camp
Scenes From a Nudist Camp – A French naturist camping trip with a difference from a period in the late 1940s