6 Original Illustrations for de Sade’s Novel Justine

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24cm x 18cm (image size), 30cm x 20cm (mount size). 6 original watercolour and gouache paintings over ink and pencil, mounted on black card.

6 original illustrations for de Sade’s novel Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue (French: Justine, ou Les Malheurs de la Vertu) by an anonymous artist circa 1900. Each painting depicting an orgiastic scene: coprophilia, torture, whipping, homosexuality, strap-ons, and bestiality being some of the acts depicted. All with multiple lines of manuscript text in German describing the illustrated scene.

A couple with minor shelf wear and minor wear to the mounts. Most Fine. Near Fine Condition.