Censored and destroyed, but one copy survived

6th September 2021

A pioneering portfolio of erotic prints published in Munich in 1909 is today’s new offering. Featuring daring prints by 12 artists, The Phoenix was instantly banned and very few complete sets have survived. We are fortunate to be able to share it here.

Too explicit to publish …

5th September 2021

It’s not often that we come across new illustrations from one of our favourite artists, Suzanne Ballivet, but today we have added her unpublished – and more explicit – 1943 drawings for Pierre Louÿs’ Bilitis. You too can enjoy them now by clicking here.

Pure pleasure

4th September 2021

An early offering by Otto Schoff is today’s new portfolio. Clearly drawn from life, Martha is a straightforward and honest set of images of a woman exploring her own body. Given that the drawings were made more than a century ago, they have a very modern feel. See them now by clicking here.

Tickling your fancy?

1st September 2021

If you consider yourself a lady and love being ‘tickled’, then you’ll appreciate today’s new portfolio by the prolific late eighteenth century artist Frédillo – The New Ladies’ Tickler, Or, The Adventures of Lady Lovesport and The Audacious Harry. See it now by clicking here.

Rococo fantasies

31st August 2021

Today’s new artist is the Italian Aroldo Bonzagni, whose inventive and colourful talent was cut short by the influenza epidemic of 1918 – plus ça change. His Secret Album, which you can see here, includes some remarkable paintings and pastels.

Transgression in spades

30th August 2021

An important and powerful new artist for you all today, the Uruguayan Javier Gil, who in the late 1990s produced remarkable illustrations for transgressive texts by Sade, Bataille and Duras. No fewer than five portfolios for you to enjoy, see them all here.

Full-on sex …

29th August 2021

Back to 1920s Germany for today’s new artist, Curt Grosspietsch. He made just two portfolios, the second repeating much of the first, but there are some powerful images of wellspring cunts, and of cocks on the rampage – click here to see them. Enjoy!

Simple pleasures

28th August 2021

Rustic delights from the mid-19th century by French artist Victor Adam is today’s new portfolio. So very innocent! See them all here, and remember the simple pleasures of life.

A one-night stand and lots of spanking

26th August 2021

Today’s new illustrator is the talented and versatile French artist Léo Fontan. He didn’t produce much explicitly erotic work, but what he did was very good and well worth knowing. See what you think – his work can be found here.

Boney’s conquests

24th August 2021

The historian Frédéric Masson credited Napoleon Bonaparte with fifty-eight sexual conquests, and his generals followed his lead. Today’s new artist, Célestin Nanteuil, used his imagination to show them all hard at work, which you can see here. Enjoy!