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Figural Erotic Nutcracker Hand Carved in Oak, 1940s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Large figural nutcracker in the shape of a young naked women. It’s made from hand carved oak and assembled without the use of metal. She has got some legs. The legs measures up 21 cm...
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Vintage 1940s European Folk Art More Dining and Entertaining

Materials

Oak

Jankel Adler Erotic Work on Paper, Standing Couple - Monotype and Gouache, 1940s
Located in London, GB
As an artist Jankel Adler personified the European avant-garde in Britain in the 1940s, becoming a
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Vintage 1940s British Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper

Jankel Adler Erotic Work on Paper of a Seated Couple - Graphite & Gouache, 1940s
Located in London, GB
As an artist Jankel Adler personified the European avant-garde in Britain in the 1940s, becoming a
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Vintage 1940s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

Original Arthur Smith Modernist Erotic Painting
By Arthur Smith
Located in Larchmont, NY
the Federal WPA Program in the 1930s and 1940s, and was thought to be an illustrator for The Ring
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Erotic Bronze Sculpture by Danish Artist Ove Rasmussen, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Rasmussen, (1911-1973). It dates to the late 1940s or early 1950s. It is signed by hand to the 'stone'/base.
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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Jankel Adler Erotic Work on Paper of a Couple on a Bench - Graphite and Gouache
Located in London, GB
As an artist Jankel Adler personified the European avant-garde in Britain in the 1940s, becoming a
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Vintage 1940s British Mid-Century Modern Drawings

Materials

Paper

Irina Shtenberg, Portrait of a Young Woman, Watercolor on Paper, circa 1940s
Located in New York, NY
best theatres in Tbilisi. Shtenberg is also known for her forays into erotic drawing, and her own
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Vintage 1940s Russian Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper

Signed Letter by André Masson - 1940s - Surrealism
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
L.A.S. (Lettre Autographe Signée) Autograph Letter Signed by A. Masson to N. Jacometti. Paris, 22nd
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1940s Futurist More Art

Materials

Paper

The Song of Bilitis by Pierre Louÿs, Willy Pogany Illustrator
Located in Middletown, NY
Bilitis) is a collection of erotic, essentially lesbian, poetry by Pierre Louÿs (1870 – 1925) published in
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Early 20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper, Fabric

Untitled, Intaglio on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock" (Set of 2 Works)
By Laxma Goud
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
with the artist is that of the erotic, treated as an active and powerful aspect of male and female
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Intaglio

Untitled, Mixed Media on Paper, Yellow, Orange by K. Laxma Goud "In Stock"
By Laxma Goud
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
artist is that of the erotic, treated as an active and powerful aspect of male and female sexuality and
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Untitled, Intaglio on Paper by Modern Indian Artist Laxma Goud "In Stock"
By Laxma Goud
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
erotic, treated as an active and powerful aspect of male and female sexuality and existence. Goud’s work
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Intaglio

Untitled, Intaglio on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock" (Set of 2 Works)
By Laxma Goud
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
with the artist is that of the erotic, treated as an active and powerful aspect of male and female
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Intaglio

Untitled, Intaglio on Paper by Modern Indian Artist Laxma Goud "In Stock"
By Laxma Goud
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
artist is that of the erotic, treated as an active and powerful aspect of male and female sexuality and
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Intaglio

Apache
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to male erotic
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1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Pan from Behind
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to male erotic
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1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Bullfighter
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to male erotic
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1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Blue Boy
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to male erotic
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1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Ex Libris 1982, paper, ink, gouache, 17.5х13 cm
Located in Riga, LV
industrial companies, imitating the style of K. Padeg and S. Vidberg. He published the first illustrations
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1980s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache

Les fleurs du mal by Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
appear to "blossom" from the parting red lips bustling from her hips. The design is delicate yet erotic
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20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Prunella and Sylvie
By Helmut Newton
Located in Toronto, Ontario
unflinching, heavily eroticized images of women. Born in 1920 in Berlin, Newton’s Jewish background forced
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1970s Surrealist Nude Photography

Materials

Polaroid

Valentine
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
LaChapelle, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement
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1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Huck Finn
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
LaChapelle, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement
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1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Pink Flowers, Water Colors
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to male erotic
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1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Pearl, Water Colors
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to male erotic
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1960s Other Art Style Nude Photography

Materials

C Print

Pan
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
et Gilles and David LaChapelle, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped
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1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Cadet
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to male erotic
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1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Willow Tree
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
first to take the pulp and glamour aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s and apply it to male erotic
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1960s Other Art Style Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print

Mid-Century Modern in the Style of Carlo Mollino Italian Dining Table
By Carlo Mollino
Located in Madrid, ES
. Ranging from well-crafted chairs, tables, and automobile designs to staged erotic portraits of women in
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Brass

Wooden Statuette of a Lady Werkstatte Hagenauer Austrian Jugendstil, circa 1940
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Wooden statuette of a lady Werkstatte Hagenauer Wien brass Plinth Austrian Jugendstil 1940s marked
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Vintage 1940s Austrian Jugendstil Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Untitled ( Mother & Child ), Acrylic on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
By Prokash Karmakar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
stare and sometimes wantonly explicit erotic gestures. At one time, quite early in his life his demonic
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1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Untitled, Acrylic on Paper, Blue, Black by Modern Artist "In Stock"
By Prokash Karmakar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
sometimes wantonly explicit erotic gestures. At one time, quite early in his life his demonic damsels, fem
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1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Landscape, Acrylic on Canvas by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Prokash Karmakar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
sometimes wantonly explicit erotic gestures. At one time, quite early in his life his demonic damsels, fem
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2010s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled, Etching on Paper, 2nd Edition, Modern Artist K. Laxma Goud "In Stock"
By Laxma Goud
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
with the artist is that of the erotic, treated as an active and powerful aspect of male and female
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Etching

Vintage Modern Lithograph Poster 1960s Pop Art Mod Figure
By Richard Lindner
Located in Surfside, FL
Vintage 1960's Lithograph poster for Vancouver Canada art show. Richard Lindner was born in Hamburg
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Flower Rondeau #026 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese Photography, Flowers, Nature
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) Flower Rondeau #026, 1997 RP Direct print Sheet 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x
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1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Flower Rondeau #021 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese Photography, Flowers, Nature
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) Flower Rondeau #021, 1997 RP Direct print Sheet 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x
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1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Flower Rondeau #041 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese Photography, Flowers, Nature
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) Flower Rondeau #041, 1997 RP Direct print Sheet 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x
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1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Flower Rondeau #037 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese Photography, Flowers, Nature
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) Flower Rondeau #037, 1997 RP Direct print Sheet 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x
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1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Flower Rondeau #092 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese Photography, Flowers, Nature
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) Flower Rondeau #092, 1997 RP Direct print Sheet 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x
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1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Flower Rondeau #089 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese Photography, Flowers, Nature
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) Flower Rondeau #089, 1997 RP Direct print Sheet 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x
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1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Vintage Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Pinhole Photo
By Jo Ann Callis
Located in Surfside, FL
Jo Ann Callis (American, b. 1940); Gelatin silver print; Signed, dated and numbered 3/10 Jo Ann
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20th Century Surrealist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled, Mixed Media on Paper, Blue, Yellow, Orange by K. Laxma Goud "In Stock"
By Laxma Goud
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
with the artist is that of the erotic, treated as an active and powerful aspect of male and female
Category

Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Beach Series, Ink on Paper by Modern Artist Prokash Karmakar "In Stock"
By Prakash Karmarkar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
females are rendered askew with voluptuous curves, drunken stare and sometimes wantonly explicit erotic
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Paper

After Blossfeldt #1, Vintage Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph
By Jo Ann Callis
Located in Surfside, FL
Jo Ann Callis (American, b. 1940) After Blossfeldt, 1988; Gelatin silver print; Signed, dated and
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20th Century Surrealist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Mother & Child, Acrylic on Paper on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
By Prokash Karmakar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
stare and sometimes wantonly explicit erotic gestures. At one time, quite early in his life his demonic
Category

Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Untitled, Acrylic on Paper by Modern Artist Prokash Karmakar "In Stock"
By Prokash Karmakar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
stare and sometimes wantonly explicit erotic gestures. At one time, quite early in his life his demonic
Category

Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Untitled, Acrylic on Paper by Modern Artist Prokash Karmakar "In Stock"
By Prokash Karmakar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
stare and sometimes wantonly explicit erotic gestures. At one time, quite early in his life his demonic
Category

Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Untitled, Acrylic on Paper by Modern Artist Prokash Karmakar "In Stock"
By Prokash Karmakar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
stare and sometimes wantonly explicit erotic gestures. At one time, quite early in his life his demonic
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Early 2000s Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Untitled, Mixed Media on Paper, Brown, Blue, Grey Master Indian Artist"In Stock"
By Prakash Karmarkar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
wantonly explicit erotic gestures. At one time, quite early in his life his demonic damsels, femmes
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Early 2000s Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Mother and child, hand signed painting (unique), Hammer Galleries
By Gloria Vanderbilt
Located in New York, NY
Galleries Gloria Vanderbilt Biography: Gloria Vanderbilt (born February 20, 1924, New York, New York, U.S
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Gouache, Permanent Marker, Mixed Media

Landscape, Acrylic on Canvas by Modern Indian Artist Prokash Karmakar "In Stock"
By Prakash Karmarkar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
explicit erotic gestures. At one time, quite early in his life his demonic damsels, femmes’ fatales, or
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Early 2000s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hardback monograph: George Segal (signed and inscribed by sculptor George Segal)
By George Segal
Located in New York, NY
Institution Book information: Publisher: Ediciones Poligrafa, S.A, 1989 English; Hardback; 128 pages with 132
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Ink, Offset, Lithograph, Mixed Media, Paper

Untitled, Acrylic on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
By Prokash Karmakar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
stare and sometimes wantonly explicit erotic gestures. At one time, quite early in his life his demonic
Category

Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Untitled, Acrylic on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
By Prokash Karmakar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
stare and sometimes wantonly explicit erotic gestures. At one time, quite early in his life his demonic
Category

Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Beach Series, Mixed Media on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
By Prokash Karmakar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
stare and sometimes wantonly explicit erotic gestures. At one time, quite early in his life his demonic
Category

Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Beach Series, Mixed Media on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
By Prokash Karmakar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
stare and sometimes wantonly explicit erotic gestures. At one time, quite early in his life his demonic
Category

Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Paper

Ruben Nakian Bronze Figurine "Leda and the Swan" Limited Edition
By Reuben Nakian
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
. His erotic mythological figures exude a joyous energy of gesture and movement which place them among
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Vintage 1970s American Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Untitled, Figurative, Batik on Cloth by Modern Indian Artist Laxma Goud-In Stock
By Laxma Goud
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
artist is that of the erotic, treated as an active and powerful aspect of male and female sexuality and
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Textile

Untitled, Intaglio on Paper by Modern Indian Artist Laxma Goud "In Stock"
By Laxma Goud
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
particular individual identities. A recurrent theme with the artist is that of the erotic, treated as an
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Intaglio

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On 1stDibs, there are several options of erotic 1940s available for sale. Today, if you’re looking for Expressionist editions of these works and are unable to find the perfect match for your home, our selection also includes contemporary. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the erotic 1940s that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, black, beige and blue. Prakash Karmarkar, (after) Henri Matisse, Henri Matisse, Helmut Newton and Prokash Karmakar took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in lithograph, paper and paint — can elevate any room of your home.

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Erotic 1940s can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,632, while the lowest priced sells for $301 and the highest can go for as much as $64,500.
Questions About Erotic 1940s
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 5, 2021
    The most popular 1940s-style dress was the shirtwaist dress. It had a front opening like a men’s shirt, but with large buttons in the front of the dress, which was practical and easy to wear. The sleeves were short and necklines varied from shirt style to sweetheart and other necklines. Antique and vintage dresses from well-known designers are available on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    In the 1940s, ladies wore clothes defined by clean and slim silhouettes. The jackets, blouses and sweaters often featured shoulderpads and had somewhat of a military feel. Most dresses were quite casual and pants and playsuits became part of a woman's everyday style.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A number of dresses were popular during the 1940s. Many women wore short-waist dresses with button necks, collars, fitted waists and full skirts. The classic A-lines with knee-length hems in red, white and blue colors were also a trend. Shop a collection of vintage dresses on 1stDibs.