Friday, September 24, 2010

The graphics works of Arthur Boyd (4 Jul 1920–24 Apr 1999) part 1...

Lady and the Unicorn

Dream of an Intelligent Woman

Poem illustration Peter Porters Postlude

Poem illustration Peter Porters Echos half moon calf

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Peter Porter's poem 'The unicorn's prison song'

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Monday, September 20, 2010

Ex libris.... Otto Greiner...1900

Saturday, September 18, 2010

My Drawings ... Vowed Series 2 & 4

Dolorosa - Vowed Series No. 2 2010

Dolorosa - Vowed Series No. 4 2010

Franz von Bayros...erotica

from the Boudoir of Madame CC 1912

previous Bayros post

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Unica Zürn...excerpts from The House of Illnesses...part 2

a few more scans from one of my favourite books

The House of Illnesses PART 1

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Works of Art...phallic amulet....

Privately commissioned made in Italy circa 1950's

Monday, September 13, 2010

Austin Osman Spare... drawings & paintings

in the anticipation of attending the exhibition of the year

at the Cuming Museum in London, here are a few Spare treats!

Idiocy - Automatic Drawing

As above so below, this is never sufficiently realized. . . . Remorse? Nay, do unto thyself all things, fearlessly. Finality is reached when ye have learned to digest everything. What is all man-slaughter but what ye have done unto yourself? Only where there is necessity is ther death. Dispense with all 'means' to an end. There is nothing higher than joyous sensation. Eternal Self! these millions of bodies I have outworn! Oh, sinister ecstasy. I am thy vicious self pleasure that destroyeth all things. Distrust thy teacher, for 'divine truth' has prevented better men from wisdom. In such revelation there is no suggestion. Do thy utmost unto others: But be surely what thou wilt: and keep thy belief free of morality. Observe thyself by sensation: thus know the finer perturbations and vibrations. This much shalt thou learn: To love all men, for there will be compulsion.

from The Focus of Life ~ AOS