L’invitation

Paris: Jean-Pierre Faur Editeur, 1993.
First Edition.

22cm x 24cm.[46] pages, colour illustrations. Plain white wrappers, illustrated jacket.

Catalogue of erotic paintings structured around a loose narrative of female sexual liberation in later life. The images follow a middle-aged woman, now living independently after the departure of her children and husband, as she embarks upon a series of intimate relationships within the domestic setting of her own home. Some compositions incorporate group sex, toys, and voyeuristic elements, with a single painting depicting her with another woman. With its emphasis on mature sexuality the work presents an unidealised vision of the body and desire. Published in Paris by Jean-Pierre Faur, it was later reissued in a reduced-format Dutch-language edition under the title Liefde op Leeftijd, reproduced in black and white. OCLC records a single institutional holding of the original edition (at the Bibliotheque nationale de France) and only two holdings of the Dutch edition.

Some soiling to wrappers. Very Good Condition.

AU$150