A cardboard file 298 x 225 mm made of quarter red cloth over marbled paper, with laces, contains 18 loose chromolithographs approx.190 x 130 mm, 8 vertical and 10 horizontal) in a passepartout 275 x 220 mm (matted) of laid paper with an armorial watermark, with lewd humorous captions on glassine guard tissue attached to each sheet, upper and outer margins uncut. Images signed “–Santippa–36”.Label to front cover lettered Variations Amoureuses | avec 18 gravures en couleurs ||. No title page. It is quite likely that the set exists in only one copy.
Description by seller: Album in-folio, 272 x 218 cm. En feuilles, sous chemise cartonnée à lacets de l'éditeur. Les lithographies sont respectivement intitulées : Branlade; Plaisir Champêtre; Justice; Entre Marins ; Cocher; Suce-moi bien ; Encore; Les Joies; Un Marin; On raconte ; Plaisir Divin ; Le Marin; Quand un Gendarme ; soixante et Neuf; Tous les Moyens ; Le Plus Cochon; Le Fantassin; Coup Double. Le peintre Gaston Hoffmann (1883-1977), consacra la majeure partie de son œuvre à l'érotisme et la caricature, en signant ses sujets trop libres sous le pseudonyme de Santippa.
Contributor: Gaston Hoffmann [Santippa] (French, 1883 – 1977).
Ref: Honesterotica.com provides only 8 images of 18.
Catalogue raisonné: Dutel III: № 2581:
Additional Information
| Collection | Erotica , Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book , Pictorial album |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Media/Technique | Chromolithography , Hand-colouring , Lithography , Paper , Wove paper |
| Binding | Cardboard , Cloth , Folder |
| Subject | 20th century , Erotica , France , Homosexual , Humour , Illustrated books , Sex , Sexual behavior and attitudes |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1936 |
| Edition | Clandestine edition |
| Catalogue raisonne | J.-P. Dutel |
| Location | Tantsu 2.7. |
| Acquisition year | 2024 |
