In 1973 the Centurians Encyclopedia Of Sex Instruments was published, a catalogue with bdsm toys and devices one could order via the magazine. There are some really nice artworks shown in the catalogue, no idea on the artist. I decided to create this album as a free give away. The entire encyclopedia, with photos and advertisements I did not include, can be seen through the webarchive via this link.
Artworks there are in larger format then in the album.
Pierre Noël (1903 – 1981) was born into a world of brass buttons and rigid honor. His paternal grandfather had been a naval officer; his maternal grandfather, a cavalry general. The family—monarchist, devoutly Catholic, and steeped in tradition—valued art but kept it on a short leash. Young Pierre attended strict…
There is not much known about this illustrator. Takashi Shima, 四馬孝 (who is also often shared as Takashi Shiwa) was a painter who appeared from the November issue of 1954 to the final issue of March 1975 from an Japanese Bondage Magazine. Since my knowledge of this language is below zero…
Roger Jadot was a Belgian artist based in Brussels. In the 1950s, he created numerous sadomasochistic artworks, often with a strong emphasis on fetish and erotic themes. Much of his oeuvre remains unknown and unpublished. Under various pseudonyms, including Sérajat and most likely Joe Fifties, he illustrated for English and…
Jaroslav Štika (1906 – 1940) was a Czech painter and illustrator celebrated for his provocative contributions to early 20th-century erotic art. After studying at Prague’s Academy of Fine Arts under Jakub Obrovský and refining his craft at Rome’s Accademia di Belle Arti, Štika developed a distinctive academic style marked by…
The illustrations from Hans Braun appeared in a special from Phoenix magazine. Hans Braun was described as a civil engineer from Munich in Germany, it was mentioned he went to a school where corporal punishment was an established part of the curriculum and later learned to draw in a rudimentary…
Nicolas Sternberg (1901 – 1959) was a highly original and prolific Hungarian-born artist and illustrator whose career flourished in the vibrant artistic scene of interwar Paris. Born in 1901 in Nagyvárad (now Oradea, Romania, then part of Hungary), Sternberg showed early talent by contributing illustrations to Hungarian newspapers as a…
The case of the electromechanical vibrator
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