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Auction archive: Lot number 19

Mahlon Blaine's scarce Venus Sardonica 1/50

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$1,200
Auction archive: Lot number 19

Mahlon Blaine's scarce Venus Sardonica 1/50

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$1,200
Beschreibung:

50 etchings in red cloth portfolio with red silk ties. 33x23 cm (12x9"). One of an edition of 50 copies. Illustrator of John Steinbeck and Edgar Rice Burroughs by day, arch-bohemian artist Mahlon Blaine moonlighted as a pornographer. Continuing the decadent tradition of Aubrey Beardsley, this privately printed suite of erotic and grotesque etchings was produced in 1929. Lacking original drawing that was originally included with the portfolio.

Auction archive: Lot number 19
Auction:
Datum:
25 Jul 2019
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

50 etchings in red cloth portfolio with red silk ties. 33x23 cm (12x9"). One of an edition of 50 copies. Illustrator of John Steinbeck and Edgar Rice Burroughs by day, arch-bohemian artist Mahlon Blaine moonlighted as a pornographer. Continuing the decadent tradition of Aubrey Beardsley, this privately printed suite of erotic and grotesque etchings was produced in 1929. Lacking original drawing that was originally included with the portfolio.

Auction archive: Lot number 19
Auction:
Datum:
25 Jul 2019
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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