Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo (1922 – 2010) aka Corneille.. RIP

only just learned of Corneille's passing on the 5th of Sept 2010, farewell...

from the Elles belles mortelles series - gouache 1975

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William D Hammond...prints

more here

Ex libris...Ismael Smith

more here & here

Ex Libris ... Bodo von Bose 1903

Leonor Fini... The Story of O

another scan from the Story of O illustrated by L Fini

more here

Book Covers ....& etc

from the unique Portuguese publishing house & etc some wonderful covers :

more here and here

Rudolf Schlichter (1890-1955) ... erotica

bio here

 

Hermann Naumann...the Temptation of St Anthony...

Illustration for The Temptation of St. Anthony 1965

"O bliss! bliss! I have seen the birth of life; I have seen the
beginning of motion. The blood beats so strongly in my veins that it
seems about to burst them. I feel a longing to fly, to swim, to bark, to
bellow, to howl. I would like to have wings, a tortoise-shell, a rind,
to blow out smoke, to wear a trunk, to twist my body, to spread myself
everywhere, to be in everything, to emanate with odours, to grow like
plants, to flow like water, to vibrate like sound, to shine like light,
to be outlined on every form, to penetrate every atom, to descend to the
very depths of matter--to be matter!"

The Temptation of St. Anthony or A Revelation of the Soul - 

 Gustave Flaubert

Julius Klinger... Sodom...1909

Julius Klinger - illustration for Sodom or The Quintessence of Debauchery by John Wilmot. 1909

previous Klinger

Unica Zürn... drawing...

Unica Zürn - En Permission 1962

scan from Unica Zürn Bilder 1953-1970 Verlag Brinkmann und Bose Berlin 1998

Ex Libris... Jaroslav Dajc

Fulgur...Austin Osman Spare catalogue 8

Savonarola c 1907 - study of Girolamo Savonarola © Fulgur

preliminary sketch ' Desire for Psycho-somatic strength’ 1953 © Fulgur

It's drooling time again, but xmas is coming if anyone is looking for present ideas for me ;)