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Signed Early 20th Century Modernist Male Lovers Gay Erotic Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American signed modernist nude male landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 18L x 14H.
Category

1930s Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1980s Erotic nude male portrait of artist's lover, Iconic piece from gay history
Located in Harkstead, GB
Core managed to gain some income contributing art work to gay magazines, and via private commissions
Category

1980s Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

IRINA LAZAREANU FOR ZOO MAGAZINE 2008
Located in PARIS, FR
magazines that do take risks still and i’ve really enjoyed adding a more erotic element to these stories…I
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

ANGELA LINDVALL FOR ZOO MAGAZINE
Located in PARIS, FR
magazines that do take risks still and i’ve really enjoyed adding a more erotic element to these stories…I
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

ANGELA LINDVALL FOR ZOO MAGAZINE 2011
Located in PARIS, FR
risks still and i’ve really enjoyed adding a more erotic element to these stories…I was doing it before
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

ELIZA CUMMINGS FOR ZOO MAGAZINE
Located in PARIS, FR
risks still and i’ve really enjoyed adding a more erotic element to these stories…I was doing it before
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

IRINA LAZAREANU FOR ZOO MAGAZINE 2008
Located in PARIS, FR
risks still and i’ve really enjoyed adding a more erotic element to these stories…I was doing it before
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

OLGA SHERER FOR I-D MAGAZINE
Located in PARIS, FR
risks still and i’ve really enjoyed adding a more erotic element to these stories…I was doing it before
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

OLGA SHERER FOR I-D MAGAZINE
H 9.45 in W 12.01 in D 0.04 in
ELIZA CUMMINGS FOR ZOO MAGAZINE
Located in PARIS, FR
risks still and i’ve really enjoyed adding a more erotic element to these stories…I was doing it before
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

ANGELA LINDVALL FOR ZOO MAGAZINE
Located in PARIS, FR
risks still and i’ve really enjoyed adding a more erotic element to these stories…I was doing it before
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Series of Four Portraits from a New York City Gay Underground Club
By Damien Smith
Located in London, GB
Smith (born 1969). This unique series depicts four characters in a New York City erotic gay bar circa
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Two Women, Erotic Nude Woman - Lesbian Dream - Existential Magic Realism
By George Tooker
Located in Miami, FL
, conveying that she is an art object ripe for contemplation. The young woman faces the viewer frontally. Her
Category

1950s Surrealist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Figurative Expressionist Bold Pop Art Oil Painting Self Portrait Carlo Pittore
By Carlo Pittore
Located in Surfside, FL
occasionally viewed his work as "erotic" rather than objective art. Throughout his life, Pittore was extremely
Category

1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Apache
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement apartment
Category

1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Bullfighter
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement apartment
Category

1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Pan from Behind
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement apartment
Category

1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Blue Boy
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement apartment
Category

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
Category

1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Valentine
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
LaChapelle, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement
Category

1960s Other Art Style Portrait 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
Category

1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Pink Flowers, Water Colors
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement apartment
Category

1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Pearl, Water Colors
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement apartment
Category

1960s Other Art Style Nude Photography

Materials

C Print

Cadet
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement apartment
Category

1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Willow Tree
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male erotic imagery. From a cramped Hell’s Kitchen tenement apartment
Category

1960s Other Art Style Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print

"Espinas y tallos I" thorns, sexuality, male nude, pastel colors, contemporary
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Artist statement: My work as a figurative painter examines my experience as a gay male living in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Fabric, Canvas, Paint

"La muerte del cisne siamés" - figurative, animals, swan, hunting, pastels
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Artist statement: My work as a figurative painter examines my experience as a gay male living in
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Bouquet de flores y órganos III" flowers, organs, pastel colors, surreal
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Artist statement: My work as a figurative painter examines my experience as a gay male living in
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Man with Trousers
By Arthur Tress
Located in London, GB
'Theater of the Mind' (1976) Tress explored adult fantasies and began a period of overtly erotic work. In
Category

1980s Surrealist Nude Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Bowling Fantasy
By Arthur Tress
Located in London, GB
period of overtly erotic work. In Facing Up (1980), Tress moved to openly gay photographic fantasies
Category

1970s Surrealist Nude Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Nude on the Stairs
By Arthur Tress
Located in London, GB
period of overtly erotic work. In Facing Up (1980), Tress moved to openly gay photographic fantasies
Category

1970s Surrealist Nude Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"Living" Lacquer on Wood Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Truong Tan
Located in Rye, NY
eye to capture the various scenes of the painting. As an openly gay artist, Truong Tan has long fought
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Lacquer, Wood Panel

"Panejos y cojaros con alas" , abstract, surrealist painting, figurative, nature
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
experience as a gay male living in Mexico today. My early paintings and drawings are more explicitly erotic
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Sueño con un centauro 2" centaur, vintage, surrealist, figurative painting
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
experience as a gay male living in Mexico today. My early paintings and drawings are more explicitly erotic
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Fragmento de memoria en el espacio", tapestry, allegory, bouquets, figurative
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
experience as a gay male living in Mexico today. My early paintings and drawings are more explicitly erotic
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Bouquet (Incendio) XXIII - flowers, nature, figurative painting, oil paint
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
.” "My work as a figurative painter examines my experience as a gay male living in Mexico today. My early
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Sueño con un centauro 3", centaur, vintage, surrealist, figurative painting
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
experience as a gay male living in Mexico today. My early paintings and drawings are more explicitly erotic
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Sueño con un centauro I" centaur, vintage, surrealist, figurative painting
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
experience as a gay male living in Mexico today. My early paintings and drawings are more explicitly erotic
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Drawing of a Boy / Butterflies
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
century. While he is renowned for his iconic Pop art portraits, Caviar20 has been exploring and offering
Category

1950s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Hardback monograph: George Segal (signed and inscribed by sculptor George Segal)
By George Segal
Located in New York, NY
dust jacket was written by the renowned art historian Sam Hunter. It is warmly signed, dated 3/27/1998
Category

1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Ink, Offset, Lithograph, Mixed Media, Paper

Untitled, Motorcycle Bondage, San Francisco.
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Magazine editor William Como. After Dark was an essential source on dance, theater, performance art, ballet
Category

1970s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Offset

"Untitled" contemporary print figurative gold leaf flowers
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
experience as a gay male living in Mexico today. My early paintings and drawings are more explicitly erotic
Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Gold Leaf

Untitled, contemporary serigraphy/print figurative, silver leaf, bouquet, flower
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
experience as a gay male living in Mexico today. My early paintings and drawings are more explicitly erotic
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Silver

"Panéjo con estómagos N°2" contemporary drawing figurative bird legs
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
experience as a gay male living in Mexico today. My early paintings and drawings are more explicitly erotic
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite

Panéjo with stomachs N°1
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
experience as a gay male living in Mexico today. My early paintings and drawings are more explicitly erotic
Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Color Pencil, Graphite, Paper

"Sueño con un centauro amarillo", centuar, surrealist drawing, figurative
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
experience as a gay male living in Mexico today. My early paintings and drawings are more explicitly erotic
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite

Panéjo with stomachs N°4
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
equilibrium. "My work as a figurative painter examines my experience as a gay male living in Mexico today. My
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, French Renaissance Carved Wood Sculpture, c. 1550
Located in New York, NY
(gay or otherwise) for centuries. These eroticized innuendos are what intrigues and draws this erotic
Category

Antique 16th Century French Renaissance Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

A Fin de siècle Beauty
By Henri Thomas
Located in London, GB
, where he mainly worked as an illustrator of avant-garde books. His fine art practice centred on marine
Category

Early 1900s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Still-life with AIDS Victim
By Carlos Alfonzo
Located in Miami, FL
repressed gay man at 20, political refugee at 30, causality of aids at 40, His work is a testament to his
Category

1980s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Bottled)
By Carlos Alfonzo
Located in Miami, FL
repressed gay man at 20, political refugee at 30, causality of aids at 40, His work is a testament to his
Category

1990s Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Head Six
By Carlos Alfonzo
Located in Miami, FL
repressed gay man at 20, political refugee at 30, causality of aids at 40, His work is a testament to his
Category

1990s Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Head Six
H 59 in W 41 in D 13 in
Untitled (Suite of Five, #4)
By Carlos Alfonzo
Located in Miami, FL
repressed gay man at 20, political refugee at 30, causality of aids at 40, His work is a testament to his
Category

1990s Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Paper

Untitled (Suite of Five, #1)
By Carlos Alfonzo
Located in Miami, FL
repressed gay man at 20, political refugee at 30, causality of aids at 40, His work is a testament to his
Category

1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Untitled Suite
By Carlos Alfonzo
Located in Miami, FL
repressed gay man at 20, political refugee at 30, causality of aids at 40, His work is a testament to his
Category

1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Untitled Suite
By Carlos Alfonzo
Located in Miami, FL
repressed gay man at 20, political refugee at 30, causality of aids at 40, His work is a testament to his
Category

1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Untitled
By Arthur Tress
Located in London, GB
period of overtly erotic work. In Facing Up (1980), Tress moved to openly gay photographic fantasies
Category

1980s Surrealist Nude Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled
Untitled
H 7.49 in W 7.49 in
“Blind Orion, ” Photorealism, circle of Malcolm Morley, Chuck Close
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
- naturalist, symbolist, allegorical, apocalyptic.” —Personal life and art collection— Ian Hornak was gay, and
Category

1970s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

“Friedrich’s Window, ” Photorealism, circle of Malcolm Morley, Chuck Close
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
art collection— Ian Hornak was gay, and his life partner from 1970 to 1976 was Julius Rosenthal Wolf
Category

1970s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

In the Conservatory
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
- naturalist, symbolist, allegorical, apocalyptic.” —Personal life and art collection— Ian Hornak was gay, and
Category

1990s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Two Boys Aged 23 or 24 From: Fourteen Poems by C P Cavafy
By David Hockney
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cafavy's themes of gay love and desire, which recalled nostalgic memories of the poet's fleeting erotic
Category

1960s Realist Nude Prints

Materials

Etching

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Gay Erotic Art For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate piece of gay erotic art for your needs in our varied inventory. In our selection of items, you can find contemporary examples as well as a Surrealist version. If you’re looking for an item from our selection of gay erotic art from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a choice in our collection of gay erotic art to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of black, gray, purple, blue and more. There have been many interesting object in our assortment of gay erotic art examples over the years, but those made by James Bidgood, John Arsenault, Arthur Tress, Andy Warhol and Carlo Pittore are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Frequently made by artists working in c print, archival pigment print and pigment print, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much is a Gay Erotic Art?

The average selling price for a piece of gay erotic art we offer is $2,852, while they’re typically $1,171 on the low end and $25,800 for the highest priced.