Erotic/Pornographic art/prints and illustrations [merged] - Page 197

**mysterybadger** · February 10th, 2019, 09:44 AM

Phyne-amothe (pseudoynm) was active in the late 1950s. His drawings look naive but are in fact very skilful. It's hard to believe he didn't have a parallel career as some kind of commercial artist. Some of the works come up at auction and on Abebooks, although the accompanying text is sadly never posted. These, as far as I can reconstruct are the 12 plates from Baignades Fin de Siecle

**mysterybadger** · February 10th, 2019, 09:55 AM

Another portfolio by Phyne-Lamothe. Only 11 of the 12 plates can be posted here

**mysterybadger** · February 10th, 2019, 10:00 AM

These eight images seem to belong together and may well be from the most obscure of Phyne-Lamothe's works
La Luxurieuse notairesse

**mysterybadger** · February 10th, 2019, 10:06 AM

I know nothing about these images other than they look a bit like Phyne-Lamothe's work, only a bit clumsier.

**deepsepia** · February 10th, 2019, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by mysterybadger

Phyne-amothe (pseudoynm) was active in the late 1950s. His drawings look naive but are in fact very skilful. It's hard to believe he didn't have a parallel career as some kind of commercial artist. Some of the works come up at auction and on Abebooks, although the accompanying text is sadly never posted. These, as far as I can reconstruct are the 12 plates from Baignades Fin de Siecle

His [pseudo]nym is NOT "Phyne-[L]amoth", it is "Lamothe Phyne" as you can see from an image of of the cover of Baignades Fin de Siècle

I appreciate your attempt to organize material -- always welcomed!

Lamothe-Phyne was of course a pseudonym, and with equal certainty a commercial artist for his day job. This was common. We're familiar with many commercial artists doing erotica for fun and profit, that's where much of the best 20th century erotic illustration comes from.

"Lamothe-Phyne", though, remains a question mark, I don't know that I've ever seen even a suspicion of who he was

**deepsepia** · February 10th, 2019, 01:40 PM

Interesting mystery, this one. First published in 1948, in French, it purported to be a translation of an American original, but in fact is a French pastiche of American genre fiction. Apparently it was the subject of a legal action in the 1950s. The author of the text is known: pseudonym was "Connie O’Hara", real name José André Lacour.

Reprinted on several occasions, this is from a 1950 limited edition with skillfully accomplished plates by an unknown artist.

**kelio** · February 10th, 2019, 05:12 PM

French painter and illustrator aka Gabriel de Laumont

Excerpts from an erotic calender

**mysterybadger** · February 11th, 2019, 03:03 PM

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French painter and illustrator aka Gabriel de Laumont

Excerpts from an erotic calender

Fascinating: this is the whole calendar but in black and white, from 1905

And then in 1908 someone drew the whole thing again from scratch:

You have to wonder who bought these calendars and where they displayed them!

**mysterybadger** · February 11th, 2019, 03:16 PM

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Previous posts here and here

Seeing Lossow reminded me of this odd little pair of images. The painting is attributed to Lossow but I know nothing about the etching

**mysterybadger** · February 11th, 2019, 03:22 PM

On the topic of reworked themes...

February 10th, 2019, 09:44 AM	#1961
mysterybadger Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: London Posts: 509 Thanks: 455 Thanked 11,062 Times in 510 Posts	Phyne-Lamothe Baignades Fin de Siecle Phyne-amothe (pseudoynm) was active in the late 1950s. His drawings look naive but are in fact very skilful. It's hard to believe he didn't have a parallel career as some kind of commercial artist. Some of the works come up at auction and on Abebooks, although the accompanying text is sadly never posted. These, as far as I can reconstruct are the 12 plates from Baignades Fin de Siecle

February 10th, 2019, 09:55 AM	#1962
mysterybadger Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: London Posts: 509 Thanks: 455 Thanked 11,062 Times in 510 Posts	Debauche au Pensionnat Another portfolio by Phyne-Lamothe. Only 11 of the 12 plates can be posted here

February 10th, 2019, 10:00 AM	#1963
mysterybadger Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: London Posts: 509 Thanks: 455 Thanked 11,062 Times in 510 Posts	More by Phyne-Lamothe These eight images seem to belong together and may well be from the most obscure of Phyne-Lamothe's works La Luxurieuse notairesse

February 10th, 2019, 10:06 AM	#1964
mysterybadger Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: London Posts: 509 Thanks: 455 Thanked 11,062 Times in 510 Posts	Possibly early Phyne-Lamothe I know nothing about these images other than they look a bit like Phyne-Lamothe's work, only a bit clumsier. Last edited by mysterybadger; February 10th, 2019 at 11:51 AM..

February 10th, 2019, 01:40 PM	#1966
deepsepia Moderator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Upper left corner Posts: 7,222 Thanks: 48,041 Thanked 83,604 Times in 7,216 Posts	"Clayton's College" [circa 1950] Interesting mystery, this one. First published in 1948, in French, it purported to be a translation of an American original, but in fact is a French pastiche of American genre fiction. Apparently it was the subject of a legal action in the 1950s. The author of the text is known: pseudonym was "Connie O’Hara", real name José André Lacour. Reprinted on several occasions, this is from a 1950 limited edition with skillfully accomplished plates by an unknown artist.

February 10th, 2019, 05:12 PM	#1967
kelio Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ἀλήθεια Posts: 14,205 Thanks: 300,886 Thanked 337,097 Times in 14,249 Posts	Lubin de Beauvais (1873-1917) French painter and illustrator aka Gabriel de Laumont Excerpts from an erotic calender

February 11th, 2019, 03:22 PM	#1970
mysterybadger Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: London Posts: 509 Thanks: 455 Thanked 11,062 Times in 510 Posts	Altered images On the topic of reworked themes... Last edited by mysterybadger; February 11th, 2019 at 04:08 PM.. Reason: No images