Artist: Gaston Hoffmann [Santippa] (French, 1883 – 1977)
Date: mid-20th century
Place: France
Medium: Etching, handcoloured with watercolour and gouache
Dimensions: Platemark 260 × 340 mm
Description:
A young red-haired woman, seen three-quarters from the back, topless, stands at the left, lowering her short pink skirt. She wears semi-transparent grey stockings which are slipping down her thighs, while her loose garters hang free, and she is balanced on black high-heeled shoes. At right, a blond youth sits nude on a bed covered with a blue blanket, his discarded clothes draped over a footboard. On the floor lie scattered shoes, socks, a school uniform cap, and a polar-bear skin rug with the head prominently displayed. A faint sketch hangs on the wall behind. The scene is handcoloured with washes of pink, blue, orange, and black, accentuating the playful and intimate mood typical of Gaston Hoffmann’s erotic etchings. Pencil-signed "G. Hoffmann" in the bottom-right.
Additional Information
| Collection | Erotica , European prints and drawings |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Caricature , Print |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | France |
| Media/Technique | Etching , Hand-colouring , Paper , Watercolour , Wove paper |
| Subject | 20th century , Caricature , Drawing , Erotica , France , Humour , Man , Man-woman relationships , Paintings and drawings , Sex , Sexual behavior and attitudes , Sexual life , Sexuality , Women |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1950 |
| Acquisition year | 2025 |
