A set of sixteen pen and ink wash drawings on wove paper by an anonymous artist after lithographs by André Collot, who illustrated the 1935 edition of Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l’école du libertinage, by the Marquis de Sade, based on the original autograph manuscript by Maurice Heine.

The set is housed in a rough texture paper folder with an ink manuscript to the front: LE MARQUIS DE SADE. | Les 120 journées | DE SODOME ||

Size: 340 x 250 mm (folder); 335 x 252 (sheet); approx. 160 x 110 (image).

Contributors:

Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (French, 1740 – 1814) – author.

Maurice Heine (French, 1884 – 1940) – publisher of the original Les 120 journées.

André Collot (French, 1897-1976) – artist of the original illustrations for the 1935 edition.

This set was produced by an anonymous artist from the bohemian Montmartre, Montparnasse, or the School of Fine Arts, close to the booksellers‘, by demand of an excentric bibliophile, at about the same time.

Collot’s illustrations can be found at www.honesterotica.com.