Beautiful vintage illustrations of rope, restraints, captivity and elegant helplessness.
“Die Weiberherrschaft in der Geschichte der Menschheit” is a visual cultural-historical work by Alfred Kind and Eduard Fuchs, focusing on female dominance throughout history. The richly illustrated volumes showcase erotic art and motifs like power dynamics and fetishism, providing a fascinating glimpse into cultural perceptions of female authority.
~ 1921 – 1970 Jean Boullet was a painter, designer, illustrator, film critic and French author. He began painting in 1942, mainly portraits and became known as a designer and illustrator in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés immediate post-war. Fundamental, anticlerical, enemy of established orders and personally launched in a frantic quest for…
Nothing is known about this artist who illustrated for the comic The Strap Returns around 1950/1955.This was a comic sold by Eric Stanton through his Stanton Archives. Originally they were sold through Mutrix and Irving Klaw. 2 albums/49 artworks To view premium content you need to login Make sure that…
~ First published in 1934 The Strap Returns, New Notes on Flagellation was privately printed for The Gargoyle Press in 1934. The book was illustrated by Vladimir Alexander Karenin.Another edition was perhaps published around 1950/1955 with artworks from Malteste (not to be confused with Louis Malteste). It was a 50…
~ 1882 – 1961 Seiu Ito, also romanised as Seiyu Itoh, was a Japanese painter, recognised today as “the father of modern kinbaku” Ito was born Hajime Ito in Asakusa district and started his education in painting by 1890. His father was a metalworker and he also received training in ivory carving, later sculpture. He adopted the alias Seiu (Sino-Japanese reading of kanji for words ‘clear’ and ‘rain’)…