Frontispiece by Fernand Khnopff for Joséphin Péladan’s Istar (1888)
Istar is a novel by Joséphin Péladan first published in 1888 with a frontispiece by Fernand Khnopff, depicting a woman, head thrown back in ecstasy and completely devoid of surrounding except for a phallic tentacled plant that grows toward her pubic area.
Eroticism 4/5, because of its “his hands were all over me” thematics first celebrated in icons #12 and 13.
Previous entries in Icons of Erotic Art here, and in a Wiki format here.
Beautiful, i didn’t know this one, thanx
And thank you for pointing me to the tentacle erotica cover by Philip José Farmer. Do you know who designed it?
Jan
Nice Tentacle cover indeed… Some say it is Alain Le Saux but i don’t know much more… http://www.lewub.com/derivations.php?id=8&commentaires=form
Presume you know of Hokusai’s maiden and octopus…