A PERSIAN ILLUSTRATED ALBUM OF OBSCENITY AND EROTIC SCENES
Iran, late 19th and 20th centuries

Opaque pigments, pencil, ink, and white wash on paper, the concertina album featuring twenty-four illustrations mostly in vertical format portraying erotic scenes including a Qajar love-making couple in an interior, presented in different positions, stances, and attires, and an obscene scene at the end, with a woman having sex with a donkey, each illustration pasted onto thick buff paper, each card cotton-taped to the next one, each illustration approx. 18cm x 12cm, 30.7cm x 20.5cm including the album mount.

Dimensions: each illustration approx. 18cm x 12cm, 30.7cm x 20.5cm including the album mount