Lost stash of 400 erotic drawings by Duncan Grant comes to light
An extraordinary stash of more than 400 erotic drawings by Duncan Grant that was long thought to have been destroyed has come to light, secretly passed down over decades from friend to friend and lover to lover.
Grant was a key member of the Bloomsbury group and one of the most celebrated and successful British artists of the mid-20th century. As a gay man he lived the first 82 years of his life as a criminal.
In the 1940s and 50s Grant made hundreds of drawings, many of them explicit and often influenced by Greco-Roman traditions as well as contemporary physique magazines.
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| by Anonymous | reply 13 | January 12, 2021 11:03 AM
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WOW, amazing!
Never heard of him, thanks OP.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 8, 2020 12:00 PM
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Yes, thanks OP. IMHO, erotic art is usually anything but. These, however, are quite beautiful.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 8, 2020 5:29 PM
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Cousin of Lytton Strachey; had a baby with Vanessa Bell.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 8, 2020 5:32 PM
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It's something of a miracle that they weren't destroyed. John Ruskin supposedly destroyed Turner's erotic drawings when he was in charge of the estate.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 8, 2020 8:44 PM
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The Bloomsbury Group was wild. Duncan's (secret) daughter with Vanessa married Duncan's ex, David Garnett, when she grew up.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 12, 2021 6:07 AM
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So he painted when the man go up into the man?
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | January 12, 2021 6:15 AM
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400 drawings found but the OP's link only shows two of them.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | January 12, 2021 6:20 AM
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[quote] "...and one of the most celebrated and successful British artists of the mid-20th century."
I don't buy it. At least not from what I'm seeing in the article. Perhaps the British bar for artistic talent & expression was especially low during that time.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | January 12, 2021 6:27 AM
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Smells like a really well fabricated story to bring in counterfeits.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | January 12, 2021 7:21 AM
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Makes me horny.
Can I have one of your cocks?
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | January 12, 2021 7:26 AM
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[quote] I don't buy it.
Yes, I don't believe these drawings were "lost". They were archived and now they're being publicised to get a good price.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | January 12, 2021 7:51 AM
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Apparently he liked BBC.
He was regarded as strikingly handsome and IIRC had a fling with JM Keynes.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | January 12, 2021 11:03 AM
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