Erotica. Objects of Desire

AFTER PIERRE-ANTOINE BAUDOIN (FRENCH 1723-1769) Le Curieux colour engraving, plate size 27 x 38cm, mounted, framed and glazed, 56 x 43cm ...[mo...

PROBABLY AFTER CLAUDE MICHEL, CALLED CLODION (FRENCH 1738-1814) Woman seated “à sa toilette” bronze, mid-brown patina, 30 cm high x 13cm wide, e...

ÉDOUARD BALDUS (FRENCH 1813–1889) A pair of albumen prints, depicting Michelangelo’s ‘The Dying Slave’ and ‘The Rebellious Slave’, stamp-signed, ...

MINIATURE PAINTING WITH EROTIC SCENE after l'Odalisque Brun (1725) by Francois Boucher watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, 6.5 x 8cm, gilt metal ...

MINIATURE PAINTING WITH EROTIC SCENE after La Gimblette (1770) by Jean-Honoré Fragonard of oval shape, watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, initi...

MINIATURE PAINTING WITH EROTIC SCENE after a plate by Jean-Honoré Fragonard for "Contes et nouvelles" by La Fontaine of rectangular shape, waterco...

MINIATURE PAINTING WITH EROTIC SCENE of oval shape, watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, signed 'G. Nille' to margin, 8.7 x 6.5cm, gilt frame, 19t...

MINIATURE PAINTING WITH EROTIC SCENE most likely from a theatre comedy, of oval shape, watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, signed 'R. Dailler' to...

MINIATURE PAINTING WITH LEDA AND THE SWAN after Michelangelo, of rectangular shape, watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, 6 x 8cm, gilt metal frame...

ATTRIBUTED TO GAUDENZIO MARCONI (SWISS 1842-1885) Nude Study, c.1870 Albumen print, 260 x 155mm, numbered in the negative. ...[more]

EROTIC STUDIO PORTRAITS, c.1880s A group of albumen prints (5), each measuring 135 x 100mm, three mounted to cabinet cards, all but one numbered ...

EROTIC STUDIO PORTRAITS, c.1880s A group of albumen prints (5), each measuring 135 x 100mm, three mounted to cabinet cards, each numbered in the ...

EROTIC STUDIO PORTRAITS, c.1880s A group of trimmed albumen prints (32), each measuring approx.100 x 65mm, some numbered in negative. ...[more]

NUDE STUDIES, c. 1880s albumen prints mounted on period album leave (4), image size, 215mm x 140mm, mount size 310mm x 230mm, typed photographer ...

EDWIN LONG R. A. (after) & JOHN COTHER WEBB (engraver) The Search for Beauty mezzotint on india paper, before letters, signed by the artist and...

EDWIN LONG R. A. (after) & JOHN COTHER WEBB (engraver) The Search for Beauty mezzotint on india paper, with open letters, signed by the artist ...

EUROPEAN SCHOOL (LATE 19TH CENTURY) Nymph and faun oil on canvas, 54 x 44 cm, c.1890 ...[more]

GERMAN SCHOOL (LATE 19TH CENTURY) Couple in reclining embrace with Cupid in attendance oin on board, 25.7 x 34.6cm, c. 1890 ...[more]

NUDE STUDIES, c. 1890s vintage albumen prints (3), image sizes 140 x 100mm (2 Nude Studies), and 235 x 115mm (1 Theatrical nude), two examples nu...

ATTRIBUTED TO HENRY OLTRAMARE Erotic Portrait, c.1895. Albumen print, measuring 165 x 120mm, numbered '80' in the negative. Together with (3) er...

GUGLIELMO PLÜSCHOW (GERMAN 1852-1930) Naked boy standing albumen print, numbered in crayon '10961' and photographer's stamp on the verso, 22.5 x...

GUGLIELMO PLÜSCHOW (GERMAN 1852-1930) Three naked boys standing albumen print, numbered '9716' in crayon on the verso, 22.5 x 16.8 cm, c. 1900 ...

ATTRIBUTED TO GUGLIELMO PLÜSCHOW (GERMAN 1852-1930) Young Man Lying Down silver gelatin, later print, 12 x 17 cm, c. 1930 ...[more]

WILHELM VON GLOEDEN (GERMAN 1856-1931) Nude youths on terrace with Sicilian harbor view in background vintage large-format carbon print, signed ...

A JAPANESE HANDSCROLL OF TWELVE EROTIC PAINTINGS, SHUNGA Meiji period, 19th / 20th Century A Japanese handscroll, ink and colour on silk, contai...

A GROUP OF FRENCH EROTIC POSTCARDS printed scenes with captions, minor handling wear, (9) ...[more]

BALINESE KAMASAN PAINTING depicting couples, for use during festivals, ink and pigment on cotton dipped in rice paste, 143 x 22cm, [early-20th ce...

VINTAGE EROTIC POSTCARDS featuring various couples having sexual intercourse, some handling wear and yellowing, 14 x 9cm approximately, early 20t...

PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN, c.1910 Nude study c.1910 vintage silver gelatin print, image size 112 x 82mm, sheet size, 120 x 90mm, numbered in pencil v...

EROTIC PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, c. 1910s-1920s A collection of 101 early 20th century erotic photographs and postcards, mostly featuring couples engaged...

A PAIR OF BEADWORK FERTILITY PANELS featuring male and female sexual organs, decorated with colourful glass beads and feathers, leather straps, ...

A CHINESE SHUNGA BOOK, EARLY 20TH CENTURY eight single-page illustrations of erotic scenes, including bestiality, and eight pages of text, soft c...

ATTRIBUTED TO MALCOLM MIDWOOD MILNE (BRITISH 1887-1954) Untitled (Male torso) pencil, attributed to Malcolm Milne with handwritten note affixed ...

IN THE MANNER OF MIHALY VON ZICHY (HUNGARIAN 1827 - 1906) Amorous scene pencil on paper, bear signature 'Zichy' (lower right corner), 17 x 11cm,...

MANNER OF KONSTANTIN IVANOVICH RUDAKOV (RUSSIAN 1891-1949) A group of eight works watercolour, pencil, ink and pastel on paper approx. 20 x 30 cm ...

SIR JACOB EPSTEIN K.B.E. (BRITISH 1880-1959) Three Erotic Drawings Titled ‘with greetings from The Little Boy to the Sweetest Little Girl’, penc...

BOUDOIR ART Three aquatints by Jean Hardy, two depicting reclining nudes and the third depicting nude bathers, on arches paper, sheets 50 x 65cm,...

J. MANDEL (20TH CENTURY) Female nudes, 1920-1929. Silver gelatin prints (16), each measuring 140 x 90mm, most with the photographer's studio sign...

GLAMOUR, 1920s A collection of matte silver prints (14) of flapper-era glamour girls, most modeling stockings in various suggestive poses, each m...

A COLLECTION OF FRENCH VINTAGE EROTIC POSTCARDS featuring female models in various provocative poses, two colourised but mostly black and white, ...

A JAPANESE SATSUMA FIGURE OF OKAME Squatting, looking up, her long hair trailing down her back, wrapped in a colourful patterned multi-layered ki...

EDOUARD CHIMOT (FRENCH 1880-1959) & PIERRE LOUYS La Femme et le Pantin pp. 175, (i), (i), half-title with colophon verso, original colour etchin...

LOT WITHDRAWN

BODYBUILDING ALBUM, FRANK BELL, 1930s A photograph album containting 48 silver gelatin prints, compiled in the mid-1930s by Frank Bell, a 1937 fi...

ADRIAN SCOTT STOKES R.A. (BRITISH 1854-1935) Untitled (Life study of a male nude) graphite on wove, signed upper right, some spotting and mount ...

LORSER FEITELSON (AMERICAN 1898-1978) Untitled signed FEITELSON (lower right) oil on board 65 x 79 cm PROVENANCE: Lorser Feitelson, a painter a...

LOUIS LEGRAND (ILLUSTRATOR) & FRANCIS CARCO Quelques-Unes. Eaux fortes originales de Louis Legrand pp. (vi), 114, (iii), (i), (i), half-title wi...

ERIC GILL A.R.A. (BRITISH 1882-1940) Sheet Studies numbered 1,2,3,5,6 pencil sketches of figures in a progressive movements of making love, prep...

ANDRE DERAIN (FRENCH 1880-1954) Satyricon two etchings on wove unsigned from the edition of 280 from Le Satyricon each plate 24.5 x 29.5cm framed...

ANDRE DERAIN (FRENCH 1880-1954) Satyricon 1934 two etchings on wove unsigned from the edition of 280 from Le Satyricon each plate 24.5 x 29.5cm f...

ANDRE DERAIN (FRENCH 1880-1954) Satyricon 1934 two etchings on wove unsigned from the edition of 280 from Le Satyricon each plate 24.5 x 29.5cm f...

GROUP OF 3 MALE NUDES IN ART DECO POSE, C.1935 Three silver gelatin prints depciting a naked man in three stylised, Art Deco poses, each measurin...

FRANTISEK VOBECKY (CZECH 1902-1991) Composition, c.1935-1937 Silver gelatin print, printed 1960s, I390 x 280mm, dated and with annotations by un...

INDO-PERSIAN EROTIC SCENE, 20TH CENTURY featuring an erotic scene, with an amorous couple on a cushion. Finished with naturalistic details and gi...

ZHU GUNG (20TH CENTURY) Male nude standing oil on board, signed on lower margin, 50 x 39cm. ...[more]

A GROUP OF CHINESE EROTIC PORCELAIN FIGURES featuring couples having sexual intercourse, unmarked, 20th century, v.s. (5) ...[more]

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY) Seated Nude Oil on canvas, indistincly signed 100 x 70 cm ...[more]

DAVID T. SMITH (BRITISH 1920–1999) Untitled (Female nude) ink wash on paper, overall 44 x 55cm, n.d. *** “Painter using a richly Expressionist ...

STUDIO ARAX (ARMENIAN/FRENCH 1897-1975) Unknown Bodybuilder, 1951 Silver gelatin print overall measuring 250x 181mm, annotated 'Gregor Arax' in ...

STUDIO ARAX (ARMENIAN/FRENCH 1897-1975) Mustapha Scali, Bodybuilder, c.1950s. Silver gelatin print measuring 140x 90mm, annotated in pencil vers...